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Erin Murphy
I am the Des Moines Bureau Chief for The Gazette. I am based in Des Moines, where I cover Iowa politics and government, including the Iowa Legislature, the governor and state agencies, and the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. I am a Wisconsin native, so if you follow me on Twitter, sorry about all the Badgers tweets.
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Latest Articles by Erin Murphy
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 24, 2016 6:49 pm3518d ago
DES MOINES – Dozens of Iowans, many of them speaking through tearful sobs, implored legislators Wednesday to provide more oversight …
Government & Politics Feb. 22, 2016 7:16 pm3520d ago
DES MOINES – Legislative leaders are exchanging ideas regarding tax law changes that would yield $96 million in relief for …
News Feb. 22, 2016 7:00 am3521d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Republicans and their biggest donors are serious about grabbing full control of the Statehouse in this …
Government & Politics Feb. 18, 2016 8:45 pm3524d ago
DES MOINES – Higher speed limits and minimum wages, lower lengths of time spent as an elected official, and no …
Living Feb. 18, 2016 11:52 am3524d ago
DES MOINES – When defending his plan to shift management of the state’s $5 billion Medicaid program to private companies, …
Government & Politics Feb. 17, 2016 10:15 pm3525d ago
DES MOINES – Racial profiling by police officers would be banned and departments would be required to collect data to …
Higher Ed Feb. 16, 2016 9:08 pm3526d ago
DES MOINES – Katie Evans said she knew one of the two fellow University of Northern Iowa students who during …
K-12 Education Feb. 15, 2016 9:47 pm3527d ago
DES MOINES – With a quarter of Iowa third-graders failing reading tests and soon facing a state law that could …
Campaigns & Elections Feb. 15, 2016 7:00 am3528d ago
DES MOINES – Results that didn’t come in until early the next morning and discoveries of reporting errors in the …
Government & Politics Feb. 11, 2016 8:18 pm3531d ago
DES MOINES – Public school funding and the state budget’s catch-all spending would get increases, but all other state departments …
News Feb. 11, 2016 9:04 am3532d ago
DES MOINES – A proposal to keep juvenile criminal records confidential gained early approval Wednesday by a panel of state …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 10, 2016 4:00 pm3532d ago
DES MOINES — Iowa high schools would be required to employ a certified athletic trainer at certain varsity sporting events …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 10, 2016 3:56 pm3532d ago
DES MOINES – Coverage of autism services would be required in insurance plans offered by some large businesses under legislation …
News Feb. 9, 2016 3:24 pm3533d ago
DES MOINES – Using fetal tissue from abortions for research or for sale would be prohibited in Iowa under a …
Iowa Caucuses Feb. 5, 2016 7:16 pm3537d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Democrats should consider altering their presidential caucus procedures to look more like the vote conducted by …