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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 Dec. 28, 2013 8:00 am4283d ago
likes to mention he’s a native Iowan and that even during his long absence was an Iowan at heart. But …
Dec. 28, 2013 6:00 am4283d ago
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Bob Krause has laid out his “top 10” highway and rail projects to modernize Iowa’s transportation system. …
Dec. 27, 2013 1:31 pm4284d ago
Iowa’s Medicaid expansion could cost more than $160 million a year within a decade, according to a northwest Iowa economics …
Government & Politics Dec. 26, 2013 2:42 pm4285d ago
The League of Women Voters of Johnson County legislative forums will again be held in 2014. The first will be …
Dec. 24, 2013 3:00 pm4287d ago
Silver medals honoring eight “code talkers” who were members of the Meskwaki community were shipped to the settlement near Tama …
Business News Dec. 24, 2013 10:08 am4287d ago
As the third anniversary of what has come to be known as the $7.5 million Hot Lotto Mystery approaches, official …
Government & Politics Dec. 23, 2013 10:52 am4288d ago
Saying Iowans “need a champion in government,” former Des Moines publisher and school board member Jonathan Ray Narcisse has announced …
Government & Politics Dec. 20, 2013 5:45 am4291d ago
Although a roster of Republican presidential wannabes and a parade of Democrats with presidential ambitions or, perhaps, vice presidential possibilities, …
Nation and World Dec. 19, 2013 4:05 pm4292d ago
Iowa precinct caucuses in non-presidential years are, well, about as exciting as they sound. Unless, you have a seven-way Republican …
Government & Politics Dec. 19, 2013 3:54 pm4292d ago
It might be “the right time” for a female president, according to former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, but he’s not …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 18, 2013 10:26 am4293d ago
Iowa voters prefer Republican control of the U.S. Senate, but presumptive Democratic Senate nominee Rep. Bruce Braley leads all GOP …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 18, 2013 7:03 am4293d ago
Unlike others who downplay the impact of Rep. Tyler Olson’s exit from the Iowa gubernatorial race, Bob Krause believes its …
Government & Politics Dec. 17, 2013 4:50 pm4294d ago
“Nothing changes” is the official response to Rep. Tyler Olson’s decision to drop out of the race for the Democratic …
Government & Politics Dec. 17, 2013 6:25 am4294d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad appears to have received a double-barreled shot of Christmas cheer with the release of a pair of …
Government & Politics Dec. 16, 2013 11:01 pm4295d ago
After a 26-city announcement tour, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mark Jacobs is taking his campaign to the next level – …