Opponents are going to court in hopes of blocking a controversial $50 million grant Michigan awarded in August to fund construction of a Canadian company’s copper mine in the western Upper Peninsula. Critics point to the site’s proximity to Lake Superior, the North Country Trail and Porcupine Mountain State Park. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.
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