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James Q. Lynch
I’ve been covering Iowa news for more than four decades. As the politics and state government reporter for The Gazette since 2000, I’ve covered the Iowa Legislature and state politics, as well as Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. I also host reporters from around the state in a weekly discussion of political developments on the On Iowa Politics podcast. I’m a regular panelist on Iowa Public Television’s weekly “Iowa Press” public affairs program and an enthusiastic participant in The Gazette’s Pints and Politics discussion of, what else, politics.
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Latest Articles by James Q. Lynch
Government & Politics Jun. 14, 2018 7:14 pm2651d ago
A sharply worded New York Attorney General’s lawsuit filed Thursday against the Donald J. Trump Foundation asserting unlawful coordination with …
Government & Politics Jun. 14, 2018 11:22 am2652d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Coming off a six-way Democratic primary in which none of the candidates went negative, Iowa Attorney General …
Government & Politics Jun. 13, 2018 8:48 pm2652d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley is encouraged by President Donald Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but said it’s …
Government & Politics Jun. 13, 2018 7:10 pm2652d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa’s U.S. senators, both Republicans, went separate ways when the Agriculture Committee voted Wednesday to approve the …
Government & Politics Jun. 11, 2018 9:32 pm2654d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Republicans have opened a new front in the campaign for governor, charging Monday that Democrat Fred …
Government & Politics Jun. 11, 2018 6:17 pm2654d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Nick Wagner of Marion, a member of the Iowa Utilities Board, has been selected president of a …
Government & Politics Jun. 11, 2018 10:54 am2655d ago
DES MOINES – Scores of motorcycle riders had ideal conditions of partly overcast skies and 80-degree temperatures for Saturday’s fourth …
Government & Politics Jun. 10, 2018 7:14 pm2655d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Fred Hubbell stopped by a Cedar Rapids union hall Sunday afternoon to thank the people who helped …
Weather Jun. 10, 2018 2:00 am2656d ago
Dennis Harper loves to be asked if Iowa is better prepared for next major flood than it was in 2008. …
Government & Politics Jun. 9, 2018 8:34 pm2656d ago
DES MOINES – Scores of motorcycle riders had ideal conditions of partly overcast skies and 80-degree temperatures for Saturday’s fourth …
Government & Politics Jun. 8, 2018 7:40 pm2657d ago
It remains to be seen if 2018 will be the year of the woman in electoral politics, but the primary …
Government & Politics Jun. 8, 2018 6:51 pm2657d ago
JOHNSTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for states to regulate sports betting, but Democratic gubernatorial candidate …
Government & Politics Jun. 8, 2018 6:32 pm2657d ago
JOHNSTON – Democratic candidate for governor Fred Hubbell would have vetoed the ‘fiscally irresponsible” tax cuts the Iowa Legislature approved …
Government & Politics Jun. 7, 2018 5:13 pm2658d ago
The fact that the Republican nomination for secretary of agriculture wasn’t determined in Tuesday’s election didn’t surprise the five candidates. …
Government & Politics Jun. 6, 2018 7:24 pm2659d ago
Even before Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell scored his landslide victory in Tuesday’s primary, his Republican opponent and her allies …