WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: CHIPS Investment Incentivizes Creation of Leading-Edge Cluster in Phoenix, Arizona, and Over 20,000 Jobs; and Includes Commitment to Produce A16 Technology Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded TSMC Arizona Corporation (TSMC Arizona), a subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), up to $6.6 billion in direct funding under  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release: Ontario M. Yarbrough, 26, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 135 months in prison for his involvement in a narcotics conspiracy involving kilogram quantities of drugs being mailed from Arizona to Columbus. According to court documents, from April until October 2023, Yarbrough received and accepted at least five packages of narcotics. In addition to r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- President Biden issued the following statement on Nov. 15, 2024, on the final CHIPS and Science Act award for TSMC: * * * Two years ago, shortly after I signed the CHIPS & Science Act, I visited Arizona to announce a commitment by TSMC to invest in America, create American jobs, and shore up American supply chains. On that day, I spoke about how the United States invented semiconductors and used to manufacture nearly 40% of the world's chips, but now makes closer to 10%   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Antonie Albert Eaddy, 49, of Arizona, has pleaded guilty in Columbia to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, a quantity of crack cocaine and a quantity of marijuana. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that Eaddy was supplying multiple people in Columbia, Florence,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: The Surface Transportation Board (Board) today issued a decision in Union Pacific Railroad Company--Construction and Operation Exemption--in Maricopa County, Ariz., Docket No. FD 36501, a docket in which UP has petitioned the Board for an exemption from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10901 to construct a 6-mile rail line in Maricopa C  more