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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
State Government Mar. 4, 2013 12:40 pm4674d ago
DES MOINES – Burger King franchisee Randy Bradley has to sell more burgers and fries in Ottumwa than at his …
State Government Mar. 1, 2013 8:55 pm4676d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad didn’t look far too find someone to appoint to the Natural Resources Commission. The fifth-term governor appointed …
State Government Mar. 1, 2013 8:22 pm4676d ago
A former Republican legislator from Marion has been appointed to the Iowa Utilities Board by Gov. Terry Branstad. Nick Wagner, …
State Government Feb. 28, 2013 4:05 pm4678d ago
The Iowa House Ways & Means Committee approved giving Iowans the option of paying a flat 4.5 percent rate on …
Business News Feb. 28, 2013 2:20 pm4678d ago
An Iowa trade delegation is finding hungry markets for Iowa-grown meat and manufactured goods in growing south Asia economies in …
State Government Feb. 28, 2013 11:30 am4678d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will take a look at making a bid for the U.S. Senate …
Feb. 28, 2013 10:00 am4678d ago
It’s not a gambling bill. It’s a consumer protection bill, Sen. Jeff Danielson, D-Cedar Falls, insisted as he introduced legislation …
State Government Feb. 27, 2013 3:00 pm4679d ago
DES MOINES – With Iowa U.S. Rep. Tom Latham’s decision not to run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, all …
State Government Feb. 27, 2013 6:00 am4679d ago
DES MOINES – When Darin Snedden arrived at Post 11 in 1990 there were 43 Iowa State Patrol troopers covering …
Nation and World Feb. 26, 2013 9:50 am4680d ago
The impact of federal sequestration in Iowa likely will be felt first and hardest by the National Guard and Iowa …
State Government Feb. 21, 2013 1:10 pm4685d ago
It appears little has changed since the last time the House Ways & Means Committee took up a property tax …
State Government Feb. 20, 2013 4:22 pm4686d ago
DES MOINES – The chair of a House panel looking considering legislation to establish guidelines for shackling pregnant inmates has …
State Government Feb. 20, 2013 7:12 am4686d ago
A presentation by the Auditor’s Office about embezzlement during the Culver administration was nothing more than a “political show” by …
State Government Feb. 19, 2013 11:47 am4687d ago
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack was back at the Iowa Capitol Tuesday to warn lawmakers about the impact the pending sequestration …
Government & Politics Feb. 19, 2013 10:00 am4687d ago
DES MOINES – Legislative leaders say they will consider a request from former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to encourage Congress …


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