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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A package of bills designed to protect children from lead exposure has advanced in the Michigan House. -
Michigan's environment department has a new online form that people can use to report suspected harmful algal blooms — usually bright green patches of lake water. -
A bill introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan) to prevent contaminated infant formula from being shipped to stores has passed the Senate. -
Gotion, a Chinese-owned advanced battery manufacturing company, says it won't pay back a $23.7 million grant from the state of Michigan, after its project to build a massive EV battery plant in Mecosta County failed. -
ITC Michigan, the state's high voltage transmission line company, says a new 50-mile power line that cuts across three counties will make the grid more reliable. -
Michigan's newly adopted transportation budget directs significantly more money to the state's roads and bridges. -
There is a wide consensus among health experts and even many dairy associations that drinking raw milk is dangerous, especially for children. But a Republican state lawmaker wants Michigan to let dairies sell unpasteurized milk directly to customers. -
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. -
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. -
A judge has ordered Peninsula Township to pay $50 million to the region's 11 wineries, saying the township's business restrictions were unconstitutional.
