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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
News May. 1, 2015 11:05 pm3817d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad on Friday signed 14 bills into law, including a measure that allows for the …
News Apr. 30, 2015 10:50 pm3818d ago
DES MOINES – Whether to allow exceptions for notifying parents of bullying incidents is the biggest hang-up preventing a new …
News Apr. 30, 2015 12:27 am3819d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa voters largely disapprove of Gov. Terry Branstad’s plans to shift Medicaid management to private businesses and …
News Apr. 28, 2015 10:57 pm3820d ago
DES MOINES – Dozens of advocates packed an Iowa Capitol committee room Monday to urge state legislators to pass a …
News Apr. 27, 2015 1:03 pm3822d ago
DES MOINES – A burned bowl of macaroni and cheese caused an evacuation of the Iowa Capitol on Monday morning. …
News Apr. 26, 2015 1:00 pm3823d ago
DES MOINES – While state lawmakers remain deadlocked in a weekslong donnybrook over how much to spend on kindergarten-through-grade-12 public …
News Apr. 24, 2015 10:40 pm3824d ago
DES MOINES — Samantha Frey’s dream came true. The Parkersburg teenager experienced a joyous reunion when her military father returning …
News Apr. 23, 2015 10:02 pm3825d ago
DES MOINES – School districts could use their cash reserves to compensate for a perceived inequity in state school funding …
News Apr. 23, 2015 9:58 pm3825d ago
DES MOINES – Tuition freezes at Iowa’s public universities may be in danger under funding proposals announced Thursday by lawmakers. …
News Apr. 22, 2015 12:23 pm3827d ago
DES MOINES – A proposal that gives schools multiple tools to address bullying remains in legislative limbo after Iowa House …
News Apr. 21, 2015 3:39 pm3828d ago
DES MOINES – State lawmakers have re-lit the fuse on a proposal to legalize more consumer-grade fireworks in Iowa. An …
News Apr. 20, 2015 2:00 am3829d ago
DES MOINES — A woman is raped, becomes pregnant and carries the child. Her attacker is arrested, tried and found …
News Apr. 16, 2015 1:00 am3833d ago
DES MOINES – Joni Ernst today serves her 100th day in office as a freshman U.S. senator from Iowa. During …
News Apr. 15, 2015 6:46 pm3834d ago
NORWALK – Saying her campaign wants to ‘figure out how we’re going to jump-start small business again,” Hillary Clinton spent …
News Apr. 14, 2015 10:24 pm3834d ago
DES MOINES – Sisters of Mercy of Cedar Rapids were among volunteers honored for their service during a ceremony held …