Heather Ennis

Northwest Indiana leaders hope to see ongoing opportunities from the CHIPS and Science Act. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) discussed the act during the Northwest Indiana Forum's Ignite the Region luncheon Tuesday.

The Northwest Indiana Forum is preparing the list of projects to get funding from the second phase of the state's READI program. READI 2.0 is set to bring in $45 million to the Region and attract about $2 billion in investment.

"We've got to secure the southern border, but we can't use that as an excuse not to reform our highly-dysfunctional legal immigration system," Sen. Young told Northwest Indiana Forum President & CEO Heather Ennis.

Today: We find out more about a recent trade mission that Northwest Indiana Forum President-CEO Heather Ennis made to Seattle, along with members of a…