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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
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 29, 2014 9:46 am4032d ago
INDIANOLA – The first debate in Iowa’s open-seat U.S. Senate race went quickly from candidate introductions to candidate attacks. Get …
Crime & Courts Sep. 24, 2014 8:55 pm4037d ago
DES MOINES – An advocacy group’s request for records detailing communication between the state and a developer who is being …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 22, 2014 7:41 pm4039d ago
DES MOINES – Gubernatorial challenger Jack Hatch thinks Iowa Republicans will target same-sex marriage if they gain complete control of …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 22, 2014 1:30 pm4039d ago
DES MOINES – The latest poll on Iowa’s gubernatorial race suggests the race is much closer than previous surveys have …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 21, 2014 9:58 pm4040d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa voters are getting a heaping helping of Bruce Braley and Joni Ernst on their television sets. …
Education Sep. 21, 2014 7:00 pm4040d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will visit three schools this fall to talk with local officials about what …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 17, 2014 6:46 pm4044d ago
DES MOINES – Vice President Joe Biden joined the ‘Nuns on the Bus” Wednesday morning at the Iowa Capitol to …
News Sep. 17, 2014 10:22 am4044d ago
DES MOINES – The number of Iowans who gamble jumped 9 percent from 2011 to 2013, according to a study …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 15, 2014 2:56 pm4046d ago
DES MOINES — Bruce Braley and Joni Ernst, the top candidates in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race, released new campaign ads …
News Sep. 14, 2014 8:01 pm4047d ago
DES MOINES – Fewer recreational boaters in Iowa are getting injured on the water or being arrested for boating while …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 11, 2014 1:07 pm4050d ago
Republicans on Wednesday took to task Democrat Bruce Braley’s support for opening a federal prison near the Iowa-Illinois border, claiming …
State Government Sep. 9, 2014 11:13 pm4052d ago
DES MOINES – Life as a parent of a child with epilepsy is hectic enough, Kim Novy says. On Tuesday, …