Tracy Samilton
Tracy Samilton covers the auto beat for Michigan Radio. She has worked for the station for 12 years, and started out as an intern before becoming a part-time and, later, a full-time reporter. Tracy's reports on the auto industry can frequently be heard on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as on Michigan Radio. She considers her coverage of the landmark lawsuit against the University of Michigan for its use of affirmative action a highlight of her reporting career.
Tracy graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Literature. Before beginning her journalism career, she spent time working as a legal assistant at various firms in the Ann Arbor area.
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For the first time since the pandemic began, the federal government will require people with Medicaid to show income eligibility to keep their insurance. -
A circuit court judge has ordered Kewadin Casinos Gaming Authority to pay investors nearly 89-million dollars.
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A three-year-old lawsuit that pits religious freedom against a county's public health code is scheduled to go before a judge next month.
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At least six Democratic candidates have been getting "hateful and vile" phone calls, after their Republican opponents put their personal cell phone numbers on campaign mailings.
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More than 31,000 acres of heavily forested land in the Upper Peninsula is being sold to a conservation group.The land is located at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula.
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Analysis of 35 car insurance companies in Michigan shows they're raising rates by an average of seven-point-two percent. That's a total of nearly $500-million dollars.Doug Heller is director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of America. He says it shows that the state's 2019 auto no-fault law broke a promise to lower the cost of car insurance.
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An audit confirms an incident of alleged tampering in a Kent County precinct in the August primary didn't affect the outcome.
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The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether changes made to the state’s auto insurance law in 2019 are constitutional. But, in an order issued Thursday, the court said insurance companies must continue paying the pre-2019 benefit levels until the case is decided.
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A juvenile justice group is urging Wayne County to fix what it calls a crisis at the county's Juvenile Detention facility.
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Advocates for incarcerated minors say the crisis at Wayne County's Juvenile Detention Center needs urgent action.
