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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 Nov. 13, 2017 5:03 pm2865d ago
The Iowa State Education Association is appealing a district-court decision denying a challenge to the state’s collective bargaining law. ISEA …
Government & Politics Nov. 10, 2017 5:22 pm2868d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Joni Ernst wrote the names of two fellow soldiers killed in Afghanistan on stones that were …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 10, 2017 12:44 pm2868d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Democratic governor hopeful Fred Hubbell calls Gov. Kim Reynolds’ cut to mental health care ‘a brutal thing” …
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 9, 2017 6:19 pm2869d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – If running for office was easy, Fred Hubbell says, ‘I might have done it a long time …
News Nov. 8, 2017 1:25 pm2870d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley won’t say if he would support legislation banning bumps stocks – devices that dramatically accelerate a semi-automatic …
News Nov. 8, 2017 12:00 pm2870d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are among a bipartisan group that has introduced a resolution …
Government & Politics Nov. 7, 2017 5:18 pm2871d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Combat veteran Sen. Joni Ernst says her experience in Kuwait and Iraq didn’t prepare her for what …
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 7, 2017 8:57 pm2871d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Corridor voters continue to head to the polls this afternoon cast ballots in city elections. At 3 …
Government & Politics Mar. 14, 2018 3:28 pm2744d ago
Even as Mondays go, it was not a great day for Rep. Rod Blum. Not only was he listed as …
Nation and World Nov. 6, 2017 4:09 pm2872d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A handful of political activists took turns posing for pictures with their ‘cardboard congressman” Monday as part …
News Nov. 5, 2017 8:50 pm2873d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey has discussed his replacement with Gov. Kim Reynolds, but has not …
Government & Politics Nov. 3, 2017 4:51 pm2875d ago
It’s Donald Trump’s party now. So much so that one of Iowa’s Republican National Committee members is proposing a rule …
Government & Politics Nov. 2, 2017 4:05 pm2876d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Bill Northey thought he would have completed his annual 99-county tour of Iowa by this time. Then …
Government & Politics Mar. 14, 2018 3:33 pm2744d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – State Rep. Abby Finkenauer has landed another labor union endorsement in her bid for the Democratic nomination …
Government & Politics Nov. 1, 2017 8:54 pm2877d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Alarmed by the seemingly unbridled development of large-scale livestock facilities across rural Iowa, John Norris is calling …