US hiring slows as employers add a still-solid 315,000 jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing $1 billion in federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors. The grants announced Friday (Sept. 2, 2022) go to 21 regional partnerships. The government chose the winners from 529 applicants that vied for grants that were part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The grants include $65 million in California to improve farm production and $25 million for a robotics cluster in Nebraska. Georgia gets $65 million for artificial intelligence. There’s $64 million for lithium-based battery development in New York. West Virginia coal counties receive $63 million to help with the shift to solar power and find new uses for abandoned mines.