Morgan Watkins
Investigative Reporter, Health & EnvironmentMorgan covers health and the environment for LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. 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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A DEA agent used a Louisville Metro police officer’s login credentials to search the city’s license plate reader database using immigration-related terms. -
The internal probe relates to an officer’s ICE-related searches of license plate data. -
License plate reader cameras are growing in popularity among police nationwide. But some local agencies refuse to disclose device locations.
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The Louisville police chief wants to know if an officer improperly gave federal agents his login credentials for the city’s license plate surveillance database.
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A judge heard lawyers’ arguments Monday in a years-long lawsuit brought by a Jewish woman against Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban. A ruling could happen soon. -
Louisville and Southern Indiana U.S. representatives are seeking $350 million to heal the waters of the Ohio River Basin. -
Louisville Metro Police is investigating an officer’s use of its license plate reader database after KyCIR revealed he listed an ICE-related keyword on over 100 searches. -
City officials say Louisville residents should avoid physically touching waterways in southern Jefferson County. -
After Louisville’s UPS plane crash, government officials say people outside of the immediate accident zone don’t need to worry about the safety of their air and water. -
Louisville Metro Police collect data through license plate readers and share it with thousands of law enforcement agencies.
