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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 Apr. 22, 2015 10:19 pm3802d ago
DES MOINES – On Earth Day, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $119 million plan to address infrastructure needs, including …
News Apr. 21, 2015 8:14 pm3803d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa House took a ‘good step in the right direction” toward helping provide broadband access to …
News Apr. 21, 2015 7:23 pm3803d ago
DES MOINES – A $365.2 million budget for the Iowa Department of Transportation sailed through the Iowa House Tuesday with …
News Apr. 21, 2015 4:19 pm3803d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and his wife, Chris, reported less income in 2014 than the previous year but …
News Apr. 20, 2015 5:01 pm3804d ago
DES MOINES – Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, who once hitched his star to Hillary Clinton’s wagon, is being touted …
News Apr. 16, 2015 10:08 pm3808d ago
DES MOINES – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose family and political pedigree stretch back to 19th Century …
News Apr. 16, 2015 1:27 pm3808d ago
DES MOINES — The rural Iowa economy faces several challenges, not least of which is an aging workforce that can …
News Apr. 15, 2015 11:08 pm3809d ago
DES MOINES – Students from a school where all staff members will get pink slips because of uncertainty about school …
News Apr. 15, 2015 8:05 pm3809d ago
DES MOINES – There were few areas of consensus during a two-hour presentation by law enforcement and civil libertarians on …
News Apr. 15, 2015 3:22 pm3809d ago
DES MOINES – After countless reports of construction delays and cost overruns, that the Department of Corrections now estimates a …
News Apr. 14, 2015 7:54 pm3810d ago
MONTICELLO – Discussing education with high school and community college students in an auto mechanics classroom, Hillary Clinton called for …
News Apr. 14, 2015 12:29 pm3810d ago
MONTICELLO – More than eight in 10 Iowan support legalizing marijuana for medicinal use, but are evenly divided on whether …
News Apr. 13, 2015 8:50 pm3811d ago
DES MOINES – The Great Jones County Fair in Monticello has built a reputation for landing some of the hottest …
News Apr. 13, 2015 11:27 am3811d ago
DES MOINES – Despite almost three-to-one support for a negotiated nuclear agreement with Iran, voters in Iowa and three key …
News Apr. 12, 2015 4:00 pm3812d ago
DES MOINES – Everyone knows that politics makes strange bedfellows. A pair of Linn County legislators has – unintentionally – …