When reporters Olivia Evans and Connor Giffin heard about complaints of mold inside the giant battery park project south of Louisville, they started digging in.

The Courier Journal pair spent months combing through state labor records, interviewing workers and piecing together a deeply reported investigation that lays bare an array of issues inside one of the state’s pet projects.

In this installment of Digging In, the reporters discussed how they got on the story and the work that went into uncovering a pattern of workplace injuries, mold contamination, a bat infestation and chemical exposure risks.

Click the audio player above to listen to the conversation.

This transcript is edited for length and clarity.

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