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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
Opinion Dec. 21, 2020 8:51 am1755d ago
First came the words, and shortly after the tears. The moment was not expected. But neither was it difficult to …
Government & Politics Dec. 17, 2020 6:13 pm1759d ago
JOHNSTON – Congressman-elect Randy Feenstra said Thursday he is not yet ready to call Joe Biden the U.S. president-elect, given …
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 16, 2020 8:03 pm1760d ago
Iowa learned Wednesday the state will receive as much as 30 percent fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccines than previously expected. …
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 17, 2020 7:38 am1759d ago
JOHNSTON – A state advisory council is finalizing its first recommendations on which Iowans get the COVID-19 vaccine first, but …
Opinion Dec. 14, 2020 8:30 am1762d ago
Journalists who cover the Iowa Capitol come from a variety of media outlets based not just in Des Moines but …
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 14, 2020 7:30 am1762d ago
DES MOINES — Exhaustion. Physical and emotional exhaustion. That’s what Iowa’s front-line health care workers are feeling right now as …
Health Care and Medicine Jan. 7, 2021 5:59 pm1738d ago
DES MOINES — The COVID-19 pandemic reached Iowa nine months ago. It has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 …
Government & Politics Dec. 12, 2020 5:22 pm1764d ago
DES MOINES – A late computer coding change, made at the insistence of the national Democratic Party, led to technical …
Education Dec. 10, 2020 7:40 am1766d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds reiterated her belief Wednesday that K-12 students should be in the classroom, even during the …
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 8, 2020 6:45 am1768d ago
DES MOINES – Emergency and law enforcement personnel, food packing workers, teachers and school staff and child care workers are …
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 7, 2020 9:23 pm1769d ago
DES MOINES – Linn County will see a jump in the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 under a new …
Opinion Dec. 7, 2020 7:30 am1769d ago
Republican U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst say fellow Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her election to Congress. But they …
Government & Politics Dec. 4, 2020 7:25 pm1772d ago
DES MOINES – Whether Iowa’s remarkably close 2nd Congressional District election should be ultimately resolved in an Iowa courtroom or …
Government & Politics Dec. 3, 2020 5:34 pm1773d ago
JOHNSTON – The first batches of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive later this month in Iowa, and hospital and long-term care …
News Dec. 1, 2020 7:17 pm1775d ago
JOHNSTON – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and state Attorney General Tom Miller are imploring Congress to take action on pandemic …