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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Consumers Energy wants to sell its 13 hydroelectric dams to an out of state private equity firm. But an administrative law judge says the plan should be rejected because it's not in the public interest. -
Michigan For Vaccines, a new coalition of pro-vaccination health organizations, hopes to reverse the trend of falling vaccination rates in the state. -
A package of bills designed to protect children from lead exposure has advanced in the Michigan House. -
Michigan's environment department has a new online form that people can use to report suspected harmful algal blooms — usually bright green patches of lake water. -
A federal appeals court has upheld a dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Right to Life of Michigan, targeting voter-approved reproductive rights. -
Clemson University has appointed Kevin Guskiewicz as its next president. Guskiewicz will leave his post as president of Michigan State, where he served just over two years. -
An annual summer energy appraisal by the Michigan Public Service Commission says high gas and diesel prices aren't going away soon, due to "geopolitical pressures," especially the war against Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. -
Ann Arbor is offering a time-limited rebate for buying an electric vehicle. -
Bill sponsors say if you choose "lifetime" medical on your car insurance, you should actually get itNew bills aim to fix problems with Michigan's auto no-fault law. Bill sponsors say those problems keep people who choose lifetime medical coverage on their car insurance from getting what they're paying for. -
Attorneys for the state of Michigan and environmental groups told a federal appeals court that the U.S. Energy Department falsely claimed an energy emergency.
