Michigan’s Whitmer Woos Chip Plants After US Passes Incentives

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is hoping to piggyback off federal incentives for big manufacturing projects with her own subsidies ahead of November elections in which she’ll seek a second term in office.

Whitmer is courting semiconductor companies after Congress approved the Chips and Science Act, which will spend $52 billion to boost the US computer chip industry. The governor worked to rally Michigan’s congressional delegation to vote for the act and also has a state fund of $1 billion she could use to sweeten the pot for anyone wanting to build a chip fabrication plant in her state.