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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
State Government Apr. 19, 2021 7:30 am1636d ago
Secretary of State Paul Pate stayed on sidelines while fellow Republicans cut early voting options
State Government Apr. 19, 2021 5:45 am1636d ago
Year after landmark law, legislators now putting off governor’s call to ban racial profiling
State Government Apr. 15, 2021 10:11 am1640d ago
Governor seeks to reassure public on getting shots
Agriculture Apr. 13, 2021 8:19 pm1642d ago
DES MOINES — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has taken up arms in Iowa Republicans’ battle in what they are calling …
Opinion Apr. 12, 2021 11:00 am1643d ago
State Supreme Court needs to provide more information about its plans
State Government Apr. 9, 2021 8:59 pm1646d ago
JOHNSTON — Changes to Iowa’s bottle bill are dead. Again. Iowa prisons will get a bigger funding increase than Senate …
News Apr. 7, 2021 5:59 pm1648d ago
White House this week ruled out a federal system for proof of a COVID-19 inoculation
News Apr. 6, 2021 6:15 pm1649d ago
Iowa House GOP proposes $20M increase, far more than Senate’s $4M
News Apr. 5, 2021 8:30 am1650d ago
The drama is over, but the discussion needs to continue. The 2020 election results in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District were …
Health Care and Medicine Apr. 1, 2021 9:10 am1654d ago
DES MOINES – In just a few days, over 1.2 million Iowans who have not already started or finished getting …
News Mar. 29, 2021 8:30 am1657d ago
The 2024 presidential primary and the potential candidates’ travels to Iowa have begun, even though the caucuses are more than …
Government & Politics Mar. 26, 2021 5:47 pm1660d ago
JOHNSTON – Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley on Friday said shifting funding for mental health care services from local property …
Government & Politics Mar. 25, 2021 8:19 pm1661d ago
DES MOINES – Democratic state lawmakers joined a national gun safety advocacy organization Thursday in calling on Gov. Kim Reynolds …
Government & Politics Mar. 25, 2021 9:30 am1661d ago
JOHNSTON – Jonathan Whitfield, a pastor at Corinthian Baptist Church in Des Moines, recalled the ice cream truck that would …
Government & Politics Mar. 22, 2021 9:44 pm1664d ago
DES MOINES – With a food bank striving to keep up with surging demand during the pandemic as his backdrop, …