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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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. -
One expert says despite the current "anemic" condition of the Michigan Republican Party, other groups will step in to help Republican candidates win elections this year. -
A new report finds that the percentage of uninsured drivers declined about 6% in Michigan between 2020 and 2022. -
The National Safety Council wants car companies and federal safety regulators to move forward with technology that warns people they're speeding — and keeps them from doing it. -
Rank and file members of the United Auto Workers continue voting this week on tentative contracts with Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors. It's early in the process, but as Tracy Samilton reports, there are a couple surprises thus far. -
More than 200 people are believed to be hostages in Gaza, after Hamas militants invaded Israel, killing hundreds of people, and kidnapping others. Jewish residents of Ann Arbor gathered for a vigil to pray for their release. -
The State Senate passed bills that set new reimbursement rates for many long-term care services for severely injured auto accident patients. -
Hundreds of Jewish students and supporters gathered for a vigil at the University of Michigan Diag, after a bloody Hamas-led incursion sparked the worst violence between Palestine and Israel in fifty years. -
The bills seek to restore access to medical care that was lost to many survivors after the passage of Michigan's auto no-fault law in 2019. -
Hundreds of people rallied at the state Capitol on October 3, 2023 — one day before a state Senate committee will hear testimony on bills to amend the auto no-fault law.
