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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
Jul. 11, 2017 8:54 am2990d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Seeing Iowans are working harder, but not getting ahead, Thomas Heckroth has decided to run for Congress …
News Jul. 11, 2017 8:54 am2990d ago
IOWA CITY – The last time Prairie Lights Books hosted Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders he attracted a standing-room-only crowd. ‘That …
News Jul. 9, 2017 8:13 am2992d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Manchester native Brig. Gen. Benjamin Corell is slated to become deputy adjutant general of the Iowa Army …
News Jul. 9, 2017 8:16 am2992d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse will pay off his bet on the Iowa-Nebraska football game behind the …
Government & Politics Jul. 7, 2017 2:33 pm2994d ago
CORALVILLE – It’s not often a candidate tells Johnson County Republicans she’s counting on them, but Gov. Kim Reynolds said …
Government & Politics Jul. 6, 2017 7:27 pm2995d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Common sense tells him something must be done, but U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is not as optimistic …
People & Places Jul. 3, 2017 3:05 pm2998d ago
CORALVILLE – Courtney Bell’s day starts about 3 a.m. with a regimen of yoga exercises. She follows that with two …
News Jul. 2, 2017 11:52 am2999d ago
A discussion on how to update or replace Iowa’s 39-year-old bottle bill and expand recycling efforts continues this summer after …
Government & Politics Jun. 30, 2017 8:44 pm3001d ago
Despite a warning its ruling would expose the state to a raft of new lawsuits, a divided Iowa Supreme Court …
Government & Politics Jul. 1, 2017 4:20 pm3000d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa’s top election official has not complied with a request from a federal electoral integrity commission to …
Government & Politics Aug. 27, 2021 12:22 pm1482d ago
Laws limiting Iowans’ opportunity to sue over medical malpractice, shoddy home construction and stinky livestock facilities take effect Saturday. Also, …
State Government Jun. 29, 2017 2:39 pm3002d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Citing a ‘painful but non-lethal ailment,” Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Derek Eadon has announced his resignation. Eadon, …
Government & Politics Jun. 28, 2017 7:49 pm3003d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Former Iowa City Mayor Ross Wilburn has formed a gubernatorial campaign committee. Now the diversity officer and …
Government & Politics Jun. 28, 2017 6:53 pm3003d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley, who once said Donald Trump would end a tax incentive for wind energy production ‘over my dead …
Government & Politics Jun. 28, 2017 6:29 pm3003d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley expects to hear a lot about Republicans’ plans to reform health care when he continues his annual …