Morgan Watkins
Investigative Reporter, Health & Environment ReporterMorgan is covers health & environment for KyCIR. 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.
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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. -
State officials fielded 725 complaints last week about potential election irregularities. -
Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball is examining Louisville’s Metropolitan Sewer District after Republican lawmakers asked for a review. -
Almost 25 years ago, local groups began an influential, community-led study of the air quality around Rubbertown in west Louisville. Now, they’re gearing up for a sequel. -
Louisville Public Media CEO Stephen George will step down from his role in January. LPM’s board of directors will lead the transition to and selection of a new leader. -
After a shooting in a high school parking lot, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg wants to enforce a 1983 city ordinance that prohibits people from wearing masks in public.
