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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A University of Michigan economic forecast for the city of Detroit says the city's economic picture should brighten in multiple areas over the next few years.
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An annual report from the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services shows consumer savings from the 2019 no-fault law. Groups are drawing very different conclusions about what the report means.
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Veolia North America, a private engineering firm that provided consulting services to the city of Flint, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims in a Flint Water Crisis lawsuit.
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Michigan is about halfway through the nation's special post-pandemic reenrollment process for people who must once again show they are still income-eligible for Medicaid.
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The two-day Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Summit convenes on Monday, January 29, and focuses on the passage of new state laws meant to prevent gun violence.
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Car dealers to Biden administration: don't finalize emission standards that accelerate EV transitionThe U.S. EPA is expected to issue final standards for passenger cars and light trucks within weeks. Dealers want the Biden administration to put the breaks on the agency's plan.
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University of Michigan researchers say their research may be hard to accept for some, but it's clear the carbon footprint of food grown on urban farms is larger than food grown conventionally. How to narrow the gap is the next step.
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The U.S. Department of Defense says it will install two new groundwater treatment systems to clean up PFAS contamination near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
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One expert says despite the current "anemic" condition of the Michigan Republican Party, other groups will step in to help Republican candidates win elections this year.
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As a fight for leadership control of the Michigan Republican Party continues, Comerica Bank says the party is in default of a $500,000 loan. The party says it shouldn't have to pay it back because of technicalities.