Tracy Samilton
Tracy Samilton covers energy and transportation, including the auto industry and the business response to climate change for Michigan Radio. 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 crucial case involving Michigan's auto no-fault law goes before the Court of Appeals on Tuesday. The dispute is about whether the law applies to people injured before the law was passed in 2019.
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Auto accident survivors hoping for a fix to Michigan's auto no-fault law were dealt a devastating blow on Wednesday.
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Changes to Michigan's auto no-fault insurance law have slashed insurance company payments to long-term care providers by nearly half. People rely on those providers to stay alive after their crashes, but the cuts are so deep that some are going out of business.
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A federal trial is underway to decide if engineering firms that advised the city of Flint on water issues bear some responsibility for the city's water crisis.
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Truth in Sentencing requires inmates to serve their full minimum sentence before they can seek parole. In many other states, prisoners can reduce their minimum sentences with so-called "good time," with good behavior or participation in educational or behavioral programs.
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Brian Woodward was one of the success stories envisioned by Michigan's old no fault law, which aimed for "maximum recovery." Now, under new law, he's lost nearly everything.
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Almost every week since September, people who have survived car crashes with catastrophic injuries have been coming to the state Capitol building to ask legislators for help. They're losing their care. That's because the new no-fault auto insurance law slashed payments to their care providers nearly in half.
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On July 1, the state's new auto no-fault law imposed dramatic cuts in payments to companies and families providing care for catastrophically injured auto accident survivors.
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A high profile lay leader in the Episcopal Church says Michigan auto accident survivors with catastrophic injuries need help from religious organizations.
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Ann Arbor Mayor Chris Taylor says it's symbolic at this point. He says the state Legislature would still have to make ranked choice voting legal in Michigan.