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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 Jul. 20, 2020 10:00 am1909d ago
Transparency with the public should be the goal of any government agency, especially one that handles public health matters during …
Government & Politics Jul. 20, 2020 10:46 am1909d ago
DES MOINES – Theresa Greenfield’s $6 million haul was the best-ever by an Iowa Democrat, her campaign said. But Republican …
Health Care and Medicine Jul. 17, 2020 5:10 pm1912d ago
Correction: A previous version of this story had the incorrect positive case rate for Wednesday. The correct number is 8.48 percent. …
Government & Politics Jul. 15, 2020 9:46 pm1914d ago
DES MOINES – By overwhelming margins, older Iowa voters approve of the state’s move this past spring to send early …
Education Jul. 15, 2020 10:57 am1914d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday pledged to work with schools to ensure districts are prepared to safely open schools this …
Health Care and Medicine Jul. 14, 2020 7:47 pm1915d ago
DES MOINES – The process of reporting coronavirus screening results under the $26 million Test Iowa Initiative is illegal and …
Opinion Jul. 6, 2020 10:00 am1923d ago
The year 2020 will be remembered for many things – so many of a historic nature that one of the …
Government & Politics Jul. 2, 2020 9:23 pm1927d ago
DES MOINES – Perhaps feeling empowered by fewer cars on the road during the coronavirus pandemic, or by the misguided …
Government & Politics Jul. 1, 2020 7:00 am1929d ago
DES MOINES – Starting today, Iowans are free to carry guns in courthouses – but not courtrooms – and could …
Opinion Jun. 29, 2020 9:00 am1931d ago
Long, competitive election campaigns are familiar territory for Iowans. We’re accustomed to the 6 o’clock news hour featuring nothing but …
Government & Politics Jun. 25, 2020 10:17 pm1934d ago
GRIMES – Despite a state inspection reporting workers kept working with COVID-19 symptoms in a Dubuque nursing home where 11 …
News Jun. 23, 2020 10:45 am1936d ago
DES MOINES — Joe Biden, the former vice president and current Democratic candidate for president, will deliver the keynote address …
Government & Politics Jun. 22, 2020 10:30 am1937d ago
DES MOINES – Kim Reynolds has been Iowa’s governor since 2017, and the state’s lieutenant governor before that since 2011. …
News Jun. 20, 2020 7:30 am1940d ago
DES MOINES – Some of the most critical data on the coronavirus have been trending downward in Iowa in past …
Government & Politics Jun. 19, 2020 8:45 am1941d ago
DES MOINES – Saying that Iowa is well into the recovery phase of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Kim Reynolds on …