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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 May. 9, 2019 8:11 pm2347d ago
DES MOINES – More than 1,800 applications for federal flood relief in Iowa have been received, and more than $12 …
Government & Politics May. 7, 2019 9:20 pm2349d ago
DES MOINES – A new state law that says the state’s civil rights protections do not require government health care …
Government & Politics May. 5, 2019 6:04 pm2351d ago
The 2019 session of the Iowa Legislature may be remembered as much for what state lawmakers didn’t pass as for …
Government & Politics May. 5, 2019 8:00 am2352d ago
DES MOINES – Democrats see an incumbent Republican president ripe for electoral defeat, but no standard-bearer within their own party …
Government & Politics May. 3, 2019 10:40 pm2353d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds gave her approval Friday evening to two emotionally charged measures that surfaced only in …
Government & Politics May. 3, 2019 8:08 am2354d ago
DES MOINES – U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has shared on the campaign trail the story of her father’s struggles with …
Government & Politics Apr. 30, 2019 8:56 pm2356d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Joe Biden is getting excited. He is talking about his presidential campaign, and the 76-year-old former vice …
Government & Politics Apr. 28, 2019 7:45 pm2358d ago
Eastern Iowa’s 58th House District appears to be popular with politically flexible candidates. Iowa Rep. Andy McKean created a statehouse …
Government & Politics Apr. 28, 2019 7:31 pm2358d ago
DES MOINES – Here is a summary of some of the biggest issues that came before lawmakers during the Iowa …
Government & Politics Apr. 27, 2019 7:58 pm2359d ago
DES MOINES – In what is becoming a legislative tradition, lawmakers on the final day of the session approved an …
Apr. 27, 2019 8:09 am2360d ago
DES MOINES – House Republicans introduced a scaled-back plan Friday to tweak the process that places judges on the bench …
Government & Politics Apr. 26, 2019 8:19 pm2360d ago
JOHNSTON – Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says he has not politicized the state Attorney General’s Office and that his …
Government & Politics Apr. 25, 2019 9:31 pm2361d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa legislative leaders believe they see the light at the end of the tunnel and are eyeing …
Government & Politics Apr. 25, 2019 8:43 pm2361d ago
DES MOINES – Advocated by lawmakers who say their constituents are complaining about rising property tax bills, the Iowa Legislature …
Apr. 25, 2019 3:53 am2362d ago
DES MOINES – Despite heavy opposition from municipal governments, the Iowa Legislature debated through the night before approving a proposal …