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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 Feb. 26, 2019 8:03 pm2419d ago
DES MOINES – A three-member panel of state senators approved a proposal by Gov. Kim Reynolds to allow Iowa women …
Government & Politics Feb. 25, 2019 6:15 pm2420d ago
John Delaney pitched pragmatism and Kirsten Gillibrand described herself as a unifier when the presidential candidates met with Iowa Democratic …
Government & Politics Feb. 23, 2019 6:36 pm2422d ago
DES MOINES — Tom Vilsack will not run for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat in 2020. Vilsack, the former two-term Iowa …
Government & Politics Feb. 21, 2019 7:29 pm2424d ago
DES MOINES – The legalization of sports betting in Iowa took two steps forward Thursday at the Iowa Capitol. Committees …
Government & Politics Feb. 21, 2019 7:12 pm2424d ago
JOHNSTON – A defiant Steve King insists he has no need to apologize. King, the Republican Congressman from western Iowa, …
Government & Politics Feb. 21, 2019 11:50 am2425d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa businesses would be required to use an electronic verification system to ensure its employees are legal …
Government & Politics Feb. 20, 2019 5:13 pm2426d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s newest Supreme Court justice, Christopher McDonald, was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and raised by a Vietnamese …
Government & Politics Feb. 20, 2019 12:18 am2426d ago
DES MOINES – Iowans would be granted broader legal protection to take actions guided by their religious beliefs under a …
Government & Politics Feb. 18, 2019 7:44 pm2427d ago
DES MOINES – Take two on the Second Amendment had its day Monday in the Iowa Senate. Senate Republicans advanced …
News Feb. 17, 2019 3:29 pm2429d ago
Pete Buttigieg thinks there is a hunger in the Democratic Party for a fresh face, and the 37-year-old mayor of …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 18, 2019 4:06 pm2428d ago
DES MOINES – New laws may be helping drive down opioid-related deaths in Iowa, but a needle exchange program backed …
Government & Politics Feb. 14, 2019 8:14 pm2431d ago
DES MOINES – Work requirements and other stipulations for some Iowans who receive help from food assistance programs and Medicaid …
Government & Politics Feb. 15, 2019 1:22 pm2431d ago
DES MOINES – Long-term patients in Iowa’s Medicaid system would be returned to public management under a package of proposals …
Government & Politics Feb. 13, 2019 5:05 pm2433d ago
DES MOINES – A 2.1 percent general funding boost for Iowa’s K-12 public schools is on its way to the …
Government & Politics Feb. 11, 2019 7:58 pm2434d ago
DES MOINES – Responding to calls to increase participation and transparency in the first-in-the nation presidential caucuses, the Iowa Democratic …