Federal workforce program
Appears in 1 story · Last updated Oct 22, 2026
Expanding; covers six states as of September 2026
BuildFreedom.US started in Texas, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in July and added Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin in September. The campaign exists because the defense industrial base is short of workers: about 400,000 skilled-trade jobs sit unfilled, a figure the department projects could reach 2.5 million by 2030.
Updated Oct 22
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