General Motors took a dramatic turn by announcing that they will only produce electric or zero emissions light duty vehicles by 2035. GM also announced an effort to be carbon neutral by 2040. It will likely shape our future when it comes to transportation.

On the latest Focus Podcast, Kevin Essebaggers asked GM's Senior Manager of Sustainability and Environmental Strategies about the plan.

This week Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer gave her third state of the state address. Her first during a pandemic.

What does she hope results from the speech? 9&10’s Eric Lloyd caught up with her right before the address to ask her about that, and much more.

Child care is hard to find in northern Michigan. It was that way before the pandemic, and it’s only gotten harder during the pandemic.

Republican State Representative Jack O’Malley has a plan to address the situation, and he explains it to 9&10’s Madison Schlegel.

For two years, Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and her team have been planning something called a risk-limiting audit. It began Monday as a way to make sure elections in our state are accurate.

She discusses the process with 9&10's Eric Lloyd.

You thought you had a bumpy ride in 2020? How about leaders whose job was to protect people in the middle of a raging pandemic? Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer took a few minutes to look back on the year that was, and all its medical, economic, and political pitfalls.

The FDA is expected to approve an emergency authorization for the first COVID-19 vaccine. So what happens next? Kim Corliss from Northwest Michigan Health Services explains how the vaccine will actually get to them, and into the bodies of people in our state.

Monday the Michigan State Board of Canvassers certified Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election in Michigan. But the road to get to that certification got weird.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson explains what happened, and whether people can have trust in the election system in Michigan.

With new restrictions now in effect to fight the spread of COVID-19 in Michigan, and another backlash over those restrictions, we talk to Governor Gretchen Whitmer about the case surge, the safety measures and calls for her impeachment.

The 2020 election is over, but the legal challenges have begun. The president’s campaign is filing lawsuits in several states in an apparent attempt to change the election outcome.

Matthew Cross is an election lawyer with some insights into the legal challenges and possible outcomes in Michigan.

Northern Michigan hospitals like Munson Medical Center are seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, as we approach the thick of the seasonal flu season.

Munson’s Chief Medical Officer addresses local concerns that hospitals could get overwhelmed by patients with cases of both illnesses.