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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 Mar. 5, 2018 4:21 pm2753d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said his goodbyes Monday to ‘a job I have loved every …
Government & Politics Mar. 1, 2018 6:48 pm2756d ago
DES MOINES – Mike Naig, deputy secretary of agriculture since 2013, has been promoted to lead the Iowa Department of …
Government & Politics Mar. 1, 2018 6:01 pm2757d ago
DES MOINES – Lawmakers and lobbyists were generally supportive of the goals of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed tax modernization plan …
Government & Politics Mar. 1, 2018 6:00 pm2757d ago
DES MOINES – More than doubling the proposed state tax on casino-based sports betting from 7.33 percent to 17 percent …
Government & Politics Feb. 28, 2018 7:41 pm2757d ago
DES MOINES – In the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, Gov. Kim Reynolds began a review Wednesday afternoon …
Government & Politics Feb. 28, 2018 7:26 pm2757d ago
DES MOINES – Citing the ‘war for talent,” Gov. Kim Reynolds joined presidents of Iowa community colleges and the Iowa …
Government & Politics Feb. 28, 2018 2:41 pm2758d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa judicial system no longer has the ‘bandwidth” to deliver the justice ‘to meet the demands …
Government & Politics Feb. 27, 2018 7:08 pm2758d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa House unanimously backed legislation that will expand and improve Iowans’ mental health and substance abuse …
Government & Politics Feb. 27, 2018 9:23 am2759d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds called for strengthening gun laws already on the books to combat gun violence and …
Government & Politics Feb. 26, 2018 8:43 pm2759d ago
DES MOINES – In a rare display of bipartisan harmony, the Iowa House on Monday took what many called the …
Government & Politics Feb. 27, 2018 2:34 pm2759d ago
DES MOINES – If Republican President Donald Trump can get done nationally what Democratic state Rep. Art Staed has been …
Government & Politics Feb. 24, 2018 6:41 am2762d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – It was like déjà vu all over again. It was billed as a rally to repeal the …
Government & Politics Feb. 22, 2018 5:44 pm2764d ago
Like the veteran politician he is, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders deftly turns aside speculation about his political future, especially as …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 22, 2018 4:45 pm2764d ago
DES MOINES – House Democrats made a number of unsuccessful attempts Thursday to end the private managed care of the …
Government & Politics Feb. 21, 2018 6:49 pm2764d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa House approved legislation Wednesday making clear that a practice used by many Iowa businesses to …