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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The U.S. Justice Department and Enbridge have reached an agreement that, if approved, would eliminate the requirement for one kind of inspection on the part of Line 5 that runs under the Straits of Mackinac.
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The Biden administration is increasing funding for a new kind of mental health clinic, first established by legislation introduced in 2015 by Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow. The clinics offer a full range of mental health care services, to anyone in the community who needs it, regardless of ability to pay or insurance status.
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Michigan car insurance rates up more than 7% in 2022 in wake of no-fault reform meant to lower ratesMichigan 2022 car insurance rates rose a total of $498,977,294 among 35 insurers, according to analysis by the Consumer Federation of America. Critics say it's an indication that the state's 2019 auto no-fault law has broken its promise to lower car insurance costs for drivers.
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Car crash survivors protested in front of the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association offices in Livonia on Wednesday, saying the association has badly mismanaged the fund that pays for their long term care.
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The Sierra Club finds that 37 out of 50 electric utilities it tracks in the U.S. are either doing very poorly, or failing, on taking necessary steps to meet their climate pledges to reduce carbon emissions 80% by 2030. \DTE Energy is one of those that received an "F."
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The Department of Insurance and Financial Services has issued a bulletin that makes clear that providers are entitled to a "reasonable rate," for services for patients who were injured in car crashes before the state's auto no fault law changed in 2019.
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The Michigan Public Service Commission has ordered a third party audit of the response of DTE Energy and Consumers Energy to storm-related outages, saying other MPSC attempts to reduce frequency and duration of outages haven't worked.
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The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says it discovered during a routine produce safety inspection that Kuntry Gardens, a farm in Homer, Michigan, was using human waste as fertilizer.
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The Mackinac Bridge Authority is urging passage of SB 5313, making trespassing on the bridge a felony. The authority is opposing two bills that would let tractors and other farm equipment drive over the bridge without a permit.
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The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether changes made to the state’s auto insurance law in 2019 are constitutional. The court's ordering insurance companies to continue paying certain pre-2019 benefits at least until the case is decided.