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  "id": 7819873,
  "title": "NIST awards over $30M to 12 Manufacturing Extension Partnership sites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/nist-awards-over-30m-to-12-manufacturing-extension-partnership-sites",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-16T15:44:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Manufacturing Dive",
    "slug": "manufacturing-dive",
    "url": "https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/mep-nist-state-competition-ai-robotics-automation-additive-manufacturing/830449/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The money will back MEP centers in 11 states and Puerto Rico to assist small- and medium-sized businesses with adopting advanced technologies such as AI, automation and robotics.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}