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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
Campaigns & Elections Mar. 26, 2013 8:00 pm4651d ago
DES MOINES – Dubuque businessman Rod Blum plans to join the race for the 2014 Republican nomination for the U.S. …
State Government Mar. 26, 2013 2:43 pm4651d ago
UPDATE: Efforts to expand Iowa’s 35-year-old bottle bill have been renewed with a legislative proposal Tuesday to expand the nickel-per-bottle …
Campaigns & Elections Mar. 26, 2013 7:49 am4651d ago
A state law enforcement officer investigating voter fraud has been called to active military duty, but the probe into alleged …
Outdoors Mar. 21, 2013 2:08 pm4656d ago
Planting radishes could be the key to boosting pheasant numbers in Iowa, according to a wildlife researcher who spoke to …
Government & Politics Mar. 20, 2013 5:55 pm4657d ago
DES MOINES – The stage is set for a showdown in the Democratic-controlled Iowa Senate where two of Gov. Terry …
State Government Mar. 20, 2013 3:06 pm4657d ago
More than 3,100 acres of Iowa land with an estimated value of $6 million was permanently protected through donations for …
State Government Mar. 19, 2013 9:24 am4658d ago
At an early morning public hearing Tuesday, no one spoke in favor of legislation to remove smart planning principles from …
Mar. 18, 2013 7:10 pm4659d ago
It’s not a Quad Cities project, not an Iowa City project, but a project that will benefit all Iowa, passenger …
News Mar. 15, 2013 2:11 pm4662d ago
DES MOINES – A 60-year newspaper veteran calls the online outrage his dead-tree newspaper is causing “a tempest in a …
State Government Mar. 14, 2013 5:10 pm4663d ago
Iowa Democrats are touting a compromise on Medicaid expansion they call more affordable and sustainable than the Healthy Iowa Plan …
State Government Mar. 13, 2013 4:11 pm4664d ago
After cancelling three bid requests because of questions about the irregularities, the director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services …
State Government Mar. 12, 2013 2:20 pm4665d ago
A pair of constitutional amendments proposed by Iowa House Republicans and approved on a party line vote in committee Tuesday …
State Government Mar. 7, 2013 8:30 am4670d ago
UPDATE: An arbitrator has ruled in favor of a state employees’ union that objected to Gov. Terry Branstad’s insistence they …
State Government Mar. 6, 2013 6:25 am4672d ago
Reconstruction of the dam at Lake Delhi got a boost from an Iowa House committee Tuesday, but not without opposition. …
K-12 Education Mar. 5, 2013 10:14 am4672d ago
A measure that might prohibit Iowa Board of Regent member Ruth Harkin from attending a steak fry hosted by her …


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