Morgan Watkins
Investigative Reporter, Health & EnvironmentMorgan covers health and the environment for LPM. She hails from Florida, where she started her career covering city and county government at the Gainesville Sun. Louisville has been her home since 2016.
She covered national and state politics, as well as higher education, for The Courier Journal before joining LPM.
Email Morgan at mwatkins@lpm.org and follow her on Bluesky @morganwatkins.lpm.org.
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State lawmakers may approve a bill that would reduce what types of evidence government regulators can use to prove people or companies caused unauthorized air pollution. -
A vaping company owes Kentucky millions of dollars. Advocates want it spent to protect kids from tobacco addiction. -
El presidente Donald Trump quiere que los oficiales a nivel local ayuden a deportar inmigrantes. En este artículo, descubra lo que las agencias encargadas de aplicar la ley en Kentucky le compartieron a KyCIR sobre este tema. -
President Donald Trump wants local officers to help deport immigrants. Here’s what Kentucky law enforcement told KyCIR about that.
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Power providers in Kentucky and Indiana say some federal restrictions on coal ash and greenhouse gas pollution should end. -
Miscarriages are common. But a medication for it is practically inaccessible in Kentucky because it’s also used for abortion. -
Louisville landlords are required to heat tenants’ homes. -
U.S. industry is a major source of the greenhouse gas pollution causing climate change. Some operations emit way more than others, and new reports show where they are. -
A new Greater Louisville Food Council will work to get city and state government buy-in on a plan to transform the local food system and remedy inequities. -
Public records show most Kentucky cities and counties fell short of state rules that they regularly report on their payouts from the national opioid settlements.
