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 now-shuttered metal plating company contaminated a drain in Macomb County last week, and a closed steel plant left corrosive chemicals in puddles in Wayne County. The incidents are leading to renewed calls for the state Legislature to pass recently introduced Polluter Pay bills. -
Activists fighting to restore long-term care for catastrophically injured car crash survivors have begun a campaign to call attention to House Committee Chair Brenda Carter's inaction on Senate bills that would restore access to many forms of longer care. "We've had enough, and we're going to start calling her out by name," the group's statement said. -
A chemical spill turned a Macomb County drain bright blue-green. -
Governors ask grid operator to "act urgently" on final approval of new high speed transmission linesOperators of the electric power grid that includes Michigan are being urged to approve a set of new high speed transmission lines "without delay." -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
