FILE - Customers walk toward the Last Waterin' Hole restaurant in North Plains, Ore., on March 17, 2023. In an attempt to attract semiconductor companies to Oregon, the state Legislature on Thursday, April 6, 2023, authorized the governor to expand urban growth boundaries to provide land for chip makers to build factories and provides over $200 million in grants to chipmakers. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)
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Lawmakers backing a bill that also provides about $200 million in grants to chipmakers said it's needed to make Oregon more competitive in luring more of the multibillion-dollar semiconductor industry to the state.