116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

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.
Get daily legislative & Iowa politics updates during session by signing up for the free On Iowa Politics Newsletter.
Latest Articles by Erin Murphy
News Feb. 10, 2015 2:37 pm3898d ago
DES MOINES – Trying to stop bullying in schools is an easy cause to support, Paul Gausman says. Passing a …
News Feb. 10, 2015 6:56 pm3898d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation that would raise the state’s gas tax by 10 cents to generate revenue for transportation projects …
News Feb. 9, 2015 7:56 pm3899d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa schools could start no earlier than Aug. 23 under a compromise being discussed by state lawmakers. …
Government & Politics Feb. 9, 2015 12:00 am3899d ago
DES MOINES – Tom Harkin was the most productive member of Iowa’s congressional delegation in 2014, according to data from …
Feb. 6, 2015 12:00 am3902d ago
DES MOINES – State lawmakers continued to disagree Thursday over how and when to fund Iowa’s K-12 schools. Senate Democrats …
News Feb. 5, 2015 10:02 pm3903d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s insurance commissioner said Thursday he expects as many as three health insurance companies to join the …
Government & Politics Feb. 4, 2015 3:21 pm3904d ago
DES MOINES – Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is among seven Republicans who have pledged to attend an Iowa presidential …
News Feb. 1, 2015 12:00 pm3907d ago
DES MOINES – A year ago, she was a little-known state legislator from southwest Iowa. About three months ago, she …
News Jan. 28, 2015 2:03 pm3911d ago
DES MOINES – Details began to emerge Wednesday of a road funding proposal that may be introduced soon, while a …
News Jan. 27, 2015 9:33 pm3912d ago
DES MOINES – State funding of Iowa’s K-12 schools would increase a total of 3.7 percent over the next two …
News Jan. 27, 2015 11:21 am3912d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad was released from a Des Moines hospital Tuesday morning and is ‘resting comfortably” at …
News Jan. 26, 2015 10:01 pm3913d ago
DES MOINES – Teachers, school officials, and education groups on Monday night urged state lawmakers to deliver more state funding …
News Jan. 26, 2015 7:24 pm3913d ago
DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad was to spend Monday night in a Des Moines hospital after falling ill during …
Government & Politics Jan. 25, 2015 9:51 pm3914d ago
DES MOINES – ‘You skip Iowa at your own peril.” That is the warning Iowa’s Republican governor delivered this weekend …
Government & Politics Jan. 25, 2015 9:10 pm3914d ago
DES MOINES – Support for an increased gas tax has jumped this year among state leaders and lawmakers, as well …