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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
Government & Politics Jan. 14, 2021 6:39 pm1731d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa National Guard plans to send 250 members to assist in security efforts in the nation’s …
Government & Politics Jan. 13, 2021 6:17 pm1732d ago
DES MOINES – U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, the lone Democrat in Iowa’s congressional delegation, Wednesday cast the lone vote from …
Government & Politics Jan. 12, 2021 10:11 pm1733d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds pledged Tuesday to further the cause of social justice while protecting Iowa’s law enforcement …
Government & Politics Jan. 11, 2021 6:38 pm1734d ago
DES MOINES – Lawmakers returning Monday to the Iowa Capitol to perform their work for this year’s legislative session – …
Government & Politics Jan. 11, 2021 7:00 am1734d ago
DES MOINES – So you say you’re an Iowa lawmaker. OK, Boomer. Baby Boomers comprise more than half of the …
Government & Politics Jan. 8, 2021 6:30 am1737d ago
DES MOINES – Last year’s session brought historic change in social justice legislation, motivated by the Black Lives Matter protests …
Government & Politics Jan. 7, 2021 7:30 pm1738d ago
JOHNSTON – Big changes to Iowa’s election laws and public funding for private school tuition are on the table for …
Government & Politics Jan. 6, 2021 7:12 pm1739d ago
Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, Iowa’s Republican U.S. senators who for years pushed the reelection of President Donald Trump, fled …
Government & Politics Jan. 5, 2021 8:19 pm1740d ago
DES MOINES – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was referring to a potential debate in the U.S. Senate – not …
News Jan. 4, 2021 9:30 am1741d ago
A new year has begun and in Iowa politics we have reached our quadrennial respite: a light political calendar. Yes, …
Government & Politics Jan. 4, 2021 5:45 am1741d ago
DES MOINES – With COVID-19 still spreading across Iowa, and public health experts warning that the pandemic’s deadliest days still …
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 31, 2020 7:23 pm1745d ago
DES MOINES – The owner of one of the three pharmacies participating in a federal program to distribute the COVID-19 …
Opinion Dec. 28, 2020 8:30 am1748d ago
DES MOINES – That was quite a century we had this year, wasn’t it? Now that we’re about to jump …
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 28, 2020 9:22 am1748d ago
DES MOINES – Overall deaths in Iowa are on pace to increase this year by more than 10 percent over …
Government & Politics Dec. 22, 2020 7:40 pm1754d ago
JOHNSTON – Although Iowa is receiving fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccines than projected, the lower allocation will not alter the …