
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 Radio as an intern, where she was promptly “bitten by the radio bug,” and never recovered.
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Michigan K-12 students are supposed to get a minimum of 180 days of classroom instruction, but Superintendent Michael Rice says in reality, it's nowhere near that.
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A report by Grid Strategies says electric rates would rise at least $3 billion if the Trump administration orders U.S. coal burning plants slated for retirement to remain running.
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A judge has ordered Peninsula Township to pay $50 million to the region's 11 wineries, saying the township's business restrictions were unconstitutional.
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The cost of car insurance in Michigan is higher than ever, and increasing, six years after Govenor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan 2019 auto no fault bill into law that was supposed to lower costs. A consumer group says a big part of the reason is insurance companies are squeezing more profit out of customers.
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"Invest in MI Kids," proposal would put a ballot question before voters to increase taxes on affluent residents to help state's K-12 schools.
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The current version of the reconciliation budget bill being considered in Congress would eliminate the tax credit for homeowners who buy solar panels.
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Supporters of the EPA's work in Michigan and the U.S. to protect the environment urged Congress to rein in a plan to roll back multiple pollution regulations.
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Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says a review of non-citizens voting in the recent election supports numerous studies that show it is an "extremely rare" problem in Michigan and the U.S.
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The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a DTE electric rate increase that will amount to about $4.60 more each month on the average residential customer bill.