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Featuring: Mallory McMorrow, Democratic | Michigan Senate, 8th District

Something Has to Give: Mallory McMorrow on New Leadership & Repairing Broken Norms

Published November 25, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:05

The CHIPS act was a perfect example that this was a large pot of money that every state was competing to receive. And I was part of The Legislature approved $260 million of taxpayer funds to prepare a site in Mundy Township. which is outside of Flint, for SanDisk facility that was going to onshore manufacturing. We were competing for a CHIPS act award. (19:05–19:19)

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