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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 Jun. 19, 2020 7:45 am1941d ago
DES MOINES – With Black Lives Matter protesters chanting just outside the conference room, Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday said …
News Jun. 15, 2020 11:51 pm1944d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds plans before this fall’s election to issue an executive order that would restore the …
Government & Politics Jun. 15, 2020 10:00 am1944d ago
The legislation was described as historic, and the commentary on multiple occasions matched the significance of the moment. It was …
Government & Politics Jun. 12, 2020 7:24 pm1947d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds said it will go down as one of the finest hours of the Iowa …
Government & Politics Jun. 11, 2020 9:53 pm1948d ago
DES MOINES – Racial justice legislation is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk after a remarkable few hours Thursday at …
Government & Politics Jun. 10, 2020 10:15 pm1949d ago
DES MOINES – Racial justice protesters took their cause inside the Iowa State Capitol on Wednesday and spoke with state …
Government & Politics Jun. 10, 2020 8:48 pm1949d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s top elections official no longer would be permitted to mail absentee ballot request forms to voters …
Government & Politics Jun. 8, 2020 10:00 am1951d ago
DES MOINES — They watched the video that shocked a nation. They watched the protests erupt across the country, including …
Government & Politics Jun. 4, 2020 10:17 pm1955d ago
DES MOINES – Outside the Iowa Capitol, Yena Balekyani, a black woman from Des Moines who has been participating in …
Government & Politics Jun. 3, 2020 10:12 pm1956d ago
DES MOINES – After a heated and contentious debate that included commentary on legislative impacts on minorities and the recent …
Government & Politics Jun. 3, 2020 10:52 pm1956d ago
DES MOINES – State lawmakers, some wearing protective gear due to coronavirus concerns, faced both physical and political distancing Wednesday …
Government & Politics Jun. 2, 2020 8:44 pm1957d ago
DES MOINES – A day after Iowa matched one of the lowest daily coronavirus death tallies since the early days …
Government & Politics Jun. 1, 2020 9:46 pm1958d ago
The seven-day averages for new coronavirus-related deaths, hospitalizations and new admissions all continued downward trends Monday, according to state public …
Government & Politics Jun. 1, 2020 9:00 am1959d ago
In this unprecedented primary election, all we have are questions. Only when we have Tuesday’s results will we start to …
Government & Politics May. 28, 2020 7:59 pm1962d ago
JOHNSTON – As state officials confirmed Thursday that hundreds of workers have become infected in yet another outbreak at a …