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Intel was originally supposed to start production on the plants this year. The facilities are expected to bring 3,000 jobs to the community.

State and local officials are reacting to Intel's announcement that the company was slowing construction on its $28 billion New Albany project in Licking County.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan made the announcement in a note to employees on the company's second-quarter earnings.

The Trump administration will back off on terminating the legal status of international students. The move comes after many students, including two from Ohio State, filed court challenges.

Bloomberg News is reporting Intel plans to lay off 20% of its workforce.

Mansfield, and other cities within commuting distance of the planned Licking County Intel plant, are preparing for growth after a long period of decline.

Ken Apacki, of Granville, is starting with 24 monitors that will establish a baseline for the air quality before Intel's chip plant and other manufacturers come online.

The tech giant confirmed this week that it is halting early-stage projects on rural land it owns in central Ohio's Licking County, outside of Columbus, and will reserve two of the three sites for farmland.

Leaders in Mansfield have long been working on improvements and development in the city, and now, they say they're prepared to fully reap the benefits of development in Central Ohio.

Reuters cited a report in The Information, an online tech site. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, would take a 20% stake in the new company.