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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
News May. 21, 2015 1:00 am3774d ago
DES MOINES – Raising the federal gas tax to meet $160 billion in anticipated transportation needs over the next 10 …
News May. 20, 2015 7:01 pm3774d ago
DES MOINES – Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry suggested it would be ‘inhumane” not to use extreme interrogation measures to …
News May. 19, 2015 11:59 pm3775d ago
DES MOINES – Republican business, industrial and agricultural sectors have formed the Iowa Alliance for Growth to foster a discussion …
News May. 19, 2015 2:45 pm3775d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Passage of trade promotion authority (TPA) to give presidents more latitude in negotiating international trade agreements would …
News May. 18, 2015 9:59 pm3776d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Even before Bernie Sanders announced he was running for president and even before he joined the campaign, …
News May. 16, 2015 6:59 pm3778d ago
IOWA CITY – It’s very simple, Jeb Bush says about his decision not to participate in the Iowa GOP Straw …
News May. 13, 2015 8:18 pm3781d ago
URBANDALE – Sally Novetzke has worked with presidents, prime ministers, popes, queens, kings and a host of diplomats from around …
News May. 12, 2015 10:48 pm3782d ago
DES MOINES – Setting the stage for a conference committee settlement, the Iowa House Appropriations Committee approved a health and …
News May. 12, 2015 10:45 pm3782d ago
DES MOINES – Jeb Bush hasn’t made it official whether he’s running, but a spokesman said Tuesday that Bush won’t …
News May. 10, 2015 4:00 pm3784d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Forget the chase. Forget trying to land the big one. Now it’s about growing your own. About …
News May. 7, 2015 4:42 pm3787d ago
DES MOINES – What a difference eight years makes. ‘Eight years ago at this point, I’d come to a Pizza …
News May. 7, 2015 12:43 pm3787d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – On an earlier visit to Iowa, Carly Fiorina discovered what one Iowan told was the ‘life-changing joys” …
Campaigns & Elections May. 7, 2015 9:46 am3787d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Bernie Sanders’s entry into the race for the 2016 presidential nomination has not had a major …
Campaigns & Elections May. 6, 2015 10:31 am3788d ago
DES MOINES – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has jumped out to a strong lead among likely Iowa Republican caucus participants, …
News May. 5, 2015 9:56 pm3789d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has provided some clarity to her story about wearing bread bags to protect …