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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 Mar. 22, 2021 10:30 am1664d ago
Last week was ‘Sunshine Week,” the annual reminder about the importance of open and transparent governance. With that in mind, …
Government & Politics Feb. 7, 2023 2:36 pm977d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s state finances remain on steady ground despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and lawmakers should need no …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 17, 2021 6:46 pm1669d ago
JOHNSTON – All of-age Iowans should be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5, Gov. Kim Reynolds said …
Government & Politics Mar. 15, 2021 5:51 pm1671d ago
DES MOINES – The latest round of federal COVID-19 relief is popular with the public, but Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni …
Opinion Mar. 15, 2021 10:55 am1671d ago
It was the correct finish to an ordeal that never should have started. Andrea Sahouri, a reporter for the Des …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 11, 2021 6:45 am1675d ago
DES MOINES – As it turns out, COVID-19 is far worse than the flu. COVID-19 likely will go down as …
Government & Politics Mar. 9, 2021 2:21 pm1677d ago
DES MOINES – A lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges Iowa’s new elections law that restricts early and absentee voting. The lawsuit, …
Opinion Mar. 8, 2021 8:30 am1678d ago
Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes. A song from the musical ‘Rent” famously asks how we remember a year. …
Government & Politics Mar. 8, 2021 6:45 am1678d ago
DES MOINES – When the COVID-19 pandemic first reached the state one year ago today, Gov. Kim Reynolds assured Iowans …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 8, 2021 6:15 am1678d ago
Some of the most horrific scenes early in the COVID-19 pandemic were in places like Italy and New York, where …
Government & Politics Mar. 5, 2021 9:11 am1681d ago
DES MOINES — Legislation seeking to reinstate a limited death penalty, repeal the state’s bottle deposit law and require young …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 3, 2021 6:21 pm1683d ago
JOHNSTON – Demonstrating her faith in the newly approved one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19, Gov. Kim Reynolds was …
Opinion Mar. 1, 2021 9:53 am1685d ago
DES MOINES – The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley may do something that a controversial elections bill …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 25, 2021 6:50 pm1689d ago
JOHNSTON – A new state website with COVID-19 vaccine information will launch soon, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday, but the …
Government & Politics Feb. 24, 2021 8:35 pm1690d ago
DES MOINES – A sweeping proposal to limit early and absentee voting in Iowa – among myriad other changes in …