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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The proposal to build a $65 million project at Joe Creason Park met backlash from the start. -
Public records experts say Louisville Metro Government incorrectly responded to recent requests for documents on a proposed tennis complex at Joe Creason Park. -
In a developer-hosted meeting, a group of residents showed up to oppose tennis, pickleball facility. -
Public records show the developer of a proposed tennis center at Joe Creason Park envisioned supporting Bellarmine University’s tennis program with the project. -
President Donald Trump offered to cut coal plants a break on a significant air pollution rule. -
The Louisville sewer agency gave an update on the progress it’s making on efforts to reduce its contribution to the city’s notorious “stink.” -
The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting checked out several local protests over the past few weeks. Here’s what people had to say. -
A new local group hosted a town hall in La Grange Thursday to discuss U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s new partnership with their local government. -
After the Kentucky GOP passed more anti-transgender laws, trans Kentuckians are supporting each other and speaking out about the harm they say lawmakers are causing. -
The Kentucky General Assembly just enacted its first substantial update to the state’s abortion ban since that law took effect in 2022.
