The chipmaking giant, which expects to receive up to $15 billion in federal tax credits and grants for its Arizona facility, says U.S. workers are not up to the job.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Maine Governor Opposes Labor Standards for Offshore Wind Energy
Labor groups fear offshore wind could go the same way as solar: low wages and temp workers.
Posted inWorking in America
Chipmaker’s Scramble to Build Marred by Mistakes and Injuries
TSMC’s $40 billion semiconductor facility in Phoenix, an open shop that resisted signing an agreement with labor unions, has been tainted with accidents, alleged wage theft, and costly setbacks.
Posted inPolitics
As Deals Go, This Is One of Them
An X-Date special: running down the details of the debt ceiling agreement.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Regulators on the Verge of Bungling Drug Price Reform, Advocates Say
The starting point for negotiations with drug companies on prescription prices could end up being the too-high prices patients already live with.
Posted inEconomic Policy
‘We Don’t Want a Subsidy Race’
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is set to unveil guidance on CHIPS Act funding for domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Hochul and Senate Clash on Public Power, With Utility Workers on the Sidelines
The New York Power Authority manages resources built half a century ago. But a plan to make it the vanguard of clean energy could be hamstrung by labor-environmentalist divisions.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Senate Republicans Claim to Care About Taxpayer Rights
In the first hearing for Daniel Werfel to head the IRS, Democrats praised the Inflation Reduction Act as Republicans derided the agency’s new funding.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Transformation at the Heart of Biden’s Middle-Out Economic Agenda
The economy is not about money; it’s about people.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Whatever Happened to ‘Helping the Sh*t’ out of People?
The Biden administration might not have learned enough from the bad old days of the early 2010s.