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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 Feb. 13, 2018 12:09 pm2773d ago
DES MOINES – A bill that calls for publicizing of the names of people who pay for sex and seizing …
Government & Politics Feb. 12, 2018 8:33 pm2773d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation to require Iowa students to pass a civics exam to get a high school diploma might …
Government & Politics Feb. 12, 2018 3:12 pm2774d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Republican candidate for governor Ron Corbett called Monday on his rival, Gov. Kim Reynolds, to veto the …
Government & Politics Feb. 9, 2018 5:34 pm2777d ago
JOHNSTON – An effort to enact legislation to allow the Bible to be taught in Iowa high schools to provide …
Government & Politics Feb. 7, 2018 6:42 pm2778d ago
DES MOINES – House Republicans want to split the difference between midyear deappropriation plans proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and …
Government & Politics Feb. 7, 2018 9:26 pm2778d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa school districts would get a 1 percent increase in supplemental state aid – about $67 per …
Government & Politics Feb. 6, 2018 4:15 pm2780d ago
DES MOINES – For years, Dave Heaton spent Sundays slicing roast beef for folks coming through the buffet line at …
Government & Politics Feb. 5, 2018 6:29 pm2780d ago
DES MOINES – It has been called a progressive tsunami, but the impact so far of the Trump ‘resistance” on …
Government & Politics Feb. 4, 2018 4:42 pm2782d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds encouraged a Cedar Rapids woman to ’embrace your fear” and use it as a …
Government & Politics Feb. 3, 2018 8:00 pm2782d ago
DES MOINES – Delivering health care to ‘medical deserts” in rural Iowa could get easier with passage of legislation expanding …
Government & Politics Feb. 3, 2018 3:55 pm2783d ago
MARION – Gov. Kim Reynolds expects to release her plan for state tax reform this week, calling for the elimination …
Government & Politics Feb. 1, 2018 8:31 pm2784d ago
DES MOINES – Public entities would be required to seek competitive bids for construction projects costing more than $100,000 and …
Government & Politics Feb. 1, 2018 4:38 pm2785d ago
DES MOINES – Competing bills affecting the future of traffic cameras in Iowa are racing to the House floor. The …
Government & Politics Feb. 1, 2018 3:57 pm2785d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation to reinstate the death penalty for first-degree murder appears to have been dealt a fatal blow, …
Government & Politics Jan. 31, 2018 8:28 pm2785d ago
DES MOINES – Opening its investigation Wednesday into the little-known state agency that runs Iowa’s distance learning and broadband carrier …