Lily Burris
Investigative ReporterLily works on LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team covering issues related to wealth and poverty in the state. She is also a corps member with Report For America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms.
In 2022, before coming to LPM, Lily served as a tornado recovery reporter for WKMS. She became intimately familiar with the devastation that hit western Kentucky communities in December 2021, covering everything from funding and rebuilding to language barriers and environmental impacts.
Lily has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University and served as editor-in-chief of the College Heights Herald, WKU’s student-run newspaper. She also completed an internship with LPM in summer 2021 and produced a story about sewage odors in Louisville’s historically underserved communities.
Email Lily at lburris@lpm.org.
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State lawmakers could soon remove a mandate that requires the chemical fluoride to be added to Kentucky’s water supply — despite warnings from dental professionals. -
Kentucky state law requires landlords provide heat to renters during winter months. But city records show there's little penalty when they don't. -
Records show holiday decor spending on poinsettias and Norway spruces at Kentucky's Capitol over the years. -
Louisville police officers shot two people this month. On Friday, police officials made public the body camera footage that depicts the shootings. -
The ethics investigation and public hearing for Metro Council Republican Anthony Piagentini will cost taxpayers at least $193K. -
The Republican Metro Council member wants a judge to reverse the city's ethics commission ruling that he violated law. -
The five member committee will investigate ethics violations against Republican Anthony Piagentini before deciding whether to push for his removal from the Metro Council. -
Reach out to the Kentucky Attorney General’s election law violation hotline if you think you’ve witnessed or heard about election fraud. -
Heating is a legal right in Louisville. If your landlord isn’t providing it, then there are some resources to assist you. -
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg recommended local lawmakers divert $40 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds from a local health care nonprofit and move them to city parks and libraries.
