Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Wisconsin today for her fourth visit to the state since taking office.
Harris will start with a tour of Sanmina in Pleasant Prairie to highlight the administration’s investment in broadband infrastructure. She’ll be joined by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison.
The visit comes as Nokia announced this morning it will partner with Sanmina to manufacture broadband network electronics at the Pleasant Prairie plant, creating up to 200 new jobs. Nokia, a Finnish telecom equipment company, said the fiber-optic broadband network electronics products and optical modules will be for use in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.
According to the White House, that will make Nokia the first telecom company to begin manufacturing broadband electronics products in the U.S. when production begins in 2024.
Afterward, Harris will head to Milwaukee for fundraisers. According to an updated invite to one of the events, Baldwin, D-Madison, and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., will attend one benefiting the Biden Victory Fund. That fundraiser has tickets that run from $100 up to $6,600.
See the Nokia announcement here.
