Tracy Samilton
Energy and Transportation Reporter / ProducerTracy Samilton covers energy and transportation, including the auto industry and the business response to climate change for Michigan Public. She began her career at Michigan Public as an intern, where she was promptly “bitten by the radio bug,” and never recovered.
She took over the auto beat in January, 2009, just a few months before Chrysler and General Motors filed for bankruptcy.
Tracy’s reports can frequently be heard on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as on Michigan Public.
Her coverage of Michigan’s Detroit Three automakers has taken her as far as Germany, and China. Tracy graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Literature.
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The protest in the hallways of the state Capitol comes after Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate canceled a survivors' group meeting with House insurance committee Chair Brenda Carter.
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Keweenaw Land Association has requested a lease for mineral exploration rights for more than 10,000 acres of land in five counties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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A complaint filed against Our Home, Our Voice alleges the group is raising funds for a ballot initiative seeking to repeal a state renewable energy law without filing required reports with the state.
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Cox Automotive reports a slight decline in EV car sales from the last quarter of 2023 to the first quarter of 2024, but notes that's after a long trend of increases.
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Michigan's new child restraint law takes age, height, and weight into account before switching a child among a rear-facing seat, a front-facing seat, and a booster seat, among other changes.
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Community groups say the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's public comment process favors polluters over communities affected by pollution.
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Students protested outside the University of Michigan Regents' meeting, demanding divestment from any company that helps to support Israel's war in Gaza. Regents rebuffed the demand.
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Facing fiscal crisis, Ann Arbor Public Schools plans cuts, offers Jazz Parks superintendent positionAnn Arbor Public Schools must submit a plan cutting $25 million from its budget to the state by April 15. That urgency was evident in the decision by the district's board of education to offer its superintendent position to current Interim Superintendent Jazz Parks.
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Bills introduced in the state Senate would allow public scrutiny of the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association — the insurance-run group that manages payments for medical treatment for the most severe and costly car crash injuries.
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The Oakland County trial of James Crumbley has ended with convictions on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. But how was this trial different from Jennifer Crumbley's?