A mining rush is on for minerals used for electric batteries, as the United States undergoes an energy transition. Photos show how the process works.

Decades after the bust, prospectors again descend on Michigan’s northwoods for minerals to make electric batteries. Communities are desperate for jobs. But at what cost?

The western Upper Peninsula is ‘at the end of the road,’ desperately needs help and should welcome mining with open arms, a retired miner says.

An artist is leading the fight against expanding mining in the western UP. She says society needs a reckoning about consumption, not more heavy extraction.

'I love your generation," Harris told young voters in Ann Arbor, capping a statewide blitz that included stops in Saginaw and Macomb County.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources awarded $3 million in grants to Michigan communities and organizations to plant over 2,000 trees.

With lots of domestic well users and plenty of polluting industries, Michiganders are among the nation’s most likely to have ‘forever chemicals’ in their well water, according to a landmark federal study.

With control of the state House and Congress on the line, Democrats are outraising Republicans in several key Michigan races as the election nears.

Michigan has joined the list of states with reported cases of E. coli linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. At least one of the two people sickened may have contracted the illness out of state.

In the latest episode, Bridge reporters discuss GOP motivation for election lawsuits, Democrats’ push for celebrity endorsements and more.