Tracy Samilton
Michigan Radio
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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MSU epidemiologist: Michigan should have intervened before COVID-19 patients began overwhelming hospitals
MSU epidemiologist Debra Furr-Holden says the time to act to reduce COVID-19 cases was weeks ago, but state failed to do so → Read More
Care for survivors of catastrophic car accidents in other states is typically very poor. Michigan could soon be among the worst.
Michigan's new auto no fault law is destroying its best-in-the nation system of care for survivors of catastrophic auto accidents. Many could soon get the same "awful" level of care as those in other states. → Read More
DNR tree seedling project needs gravel mining done first. Some residents are adamantly opposed.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants to expand its Tree Improvement Center on two parcels it recently acquired near Brighton. But some residents oppose the plan. → Read More
Michigan woman may be first to die after losing care due to auto insurance cuts
A West Michigan woman could be the first fatality linked to 45% payment cuts imposed on long term care providers for auto accident survivors. The cuts are → Read More
Michigan woman may be first fatality after losing care due to auto insurance cuts
A West Michigan woman could be the first fatality linked to 45% payment cuts imposed on long term care providers for auto accident survivors. The cuts are → Read More
Hospital admits auto accident survivor with no other place to go after his caregivers leave
Michigan's new auto insurance law is overturning the lives of many auto accident survivors and their families, week by week, as long-term care providers → Read More
Officials worry federal stimulus checks for inmates could be linked to increase in contraband
Thousands of Michigan prison inmates have been receiving federal stimulus payments during the pandemic. → Read More
For quadriplegic car crash survivors, July 1 could be start of second tragedy
A potential second tragedy is looming for Michigan auto accident survivors with brain and spinal cord injuries. On July 1, Michigan's new auto insurance → Read More
University of Michigan adopts net zero plan
The University of Michigan has adopted a plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the year 2040. Net zero means the combination of reducing the burning → Read More
COVID-19 makes shelters job much harder during deadly cold
Groups across Michigan that provide emergency shelter are bracing for a rough two weeks. Temperatures some nights could plunge to near or below zero, and → Read More
Gelman Sciences files motion to pause lawsuit seeking new plume cleanup plan
Gelman Sciences wants a Washtenaw County judge to pause court proceedings in the 1-4 dioxane pollution cleanup case. Gelman is responsible for a plume of → Read More
Vaccinating prison staff against COVID-19 is uphill battle with low supply, many saying no thanks
COVID-19 vaccinations are moving slowly for the thousands of corrections officers and other staff in state prisons. Health care workers in prisons have → Read More
EMU Trustee Baird resigns, MDHHS official Peeler suspended, after Flint water crisis charges
Rich Baird, a former top advisor to Republican Governor Rick Snyder, has resigned his post as a regent of Eastern Michigan University, after being charged → Read More
Michigan conducting new, "more rigorous" audit of November election
The Michigan Department of State began an audit of the November election on Monday. Audits are performed after every election in Michigan, but state → Read More
Ford to close its Brazil auto plants as part of cost-cutting
Ford Motor Company is shutting down its three manufacturing plants in Brazil as part of a global cost cutting strategy that began in 2018. The cost-cutting → Read More
All-outside event in Pontiac will take place of NAIAS this year
Organizers of the North American International Auto Show say they're calling it off this year. But there will be an outdoor replacement of sorts. → Read More
State Supreme Court sends case over ballot initiative law to lower court for dismissal
The Michigan Supreme Court has sent a lawsuit over a 2018 ballot initiative law back to the Court of Appeals, saying the lawsuit should be dismissed. That → Read More
Inmates talk about living through a pandemic inside prison walls
The state’s prisons have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic . Nearly 50% of Michigan’s prison inmates have been infected by the virus. As inmate Debra → Read More
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon dies of complications from COVID-19
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon has died after contracting COVID-19. Napoleon was 65 years old. He was admitted to the hospital on November 21, and → Read More
Massive new outbreaks of COVID-19 at some Michigan prisons
COVID-19 has been raging through two Michigan prisons in recent weeks, with large outbreaks in others. Nearly three quarters of the inmates at Kinross → Read More