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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State law limits maintenance of county drains to no more than $5,000 per mile — not nearly enough, according to Michigan drain commissioners. -
As part of its carbon emission reductions plan, Ann Arbor will begin sending many of the trees it must cut down from city parks and other properties to companies that make furniture and other long-lasting products, rather than making compost or mulch from the trees. -
Small communities have the same problems as bigger ones with their water infrastructure - aging equipment and stormwater and sewage mains, leaking private septic systems, and rainwater ditches overwhelmed by heavier rains due to climate change. Eight Michigan rural communities will get USDA help fixing some of those issues. -
Dana Nessel’s office argues that DTE and Consumers’ Energy are vastly overestimating the amount needed to improve service and reliability for residential customers. -
People who donate a kidney or part of a liver to someone whose own organs are failing would be able to claim up to $10,000 in a tax credit for related expenses. -
The Disaster Survivors Fairness Act is one of a string of FEMA reform bills co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan. -
The state of Michigan will pay $9.7 million into a special education fund to help children in Flint Community Schools and other schools in Genesee County. -
HB 5975 and HB 5976 seek to ban corporations from making political donations if they have or are seeking state government contracts. -
An independent audit confirmed other reports finding that DTE Energy and Consumers Energy have worse-than-average storm outage response track records. -
State submits bid for federal "hot spot" wildlife crossing funding to reduce wildlife/car collisions
