COLUMBUS, Ohio — One of Ohio's top union leaders is hopeful that the Trump administration's new $9 billion investment in tech giant Intel will help push the state's long-awaited semiconductor manufacturing plant forward.

“The Intel project, it's been like a roller-coaster,“ said Mike Knisley with the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council.

Ohio's long-awaited multi-billion-dollar facility has faced delay after delay after delay. We’ve been reporting for years on Intel’s massive Central Ohio semiconductor manufacturing facility — one that was supposed to be operational by now — and its financial hardships. Will the Ohio Intel plant ever be built?

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"I think the investment from the government or even

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