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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 Mar. 25, 2021 9:42 pm1637d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa House approved a sweeping education policy bill Thursday that, if it becomes law, could have …
Government & Politics Mar. 26, 2021 10:30 am1636d ago
Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Ashley Hinson are teaming up to increase the availability of federal funds for child care …
Government & Politics Mar. 25, 2021 8:39 am1637d ago
DES MOINES – Citing former President Barack Obama, Iowa House Republicans urged approval of legislation to allow for an expansion …
Government & Politics Mar. 24, 2021 5:52 pm1638d ago
DES MOINES – House Republicans moved quickly Wednesday to advance a bill to expand support and protections for Iowa law …
Government & Politics Mar. 23, 2021 10:02 pm1638d ago
DES MOINES – A bill that sponsors say is necessary to protect Iowa’s livestock production industry is just another version …
Government & Politics Mar. 23, 2021 8:01 am1639d ago
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, is leading the charge in Congress in expressing outrage over what Republicans call a House …
News Mar. 23, 2021 7:00 am1639d ago
DES MOINES – A top Statehouse Republican has suggested the state sue the Census Bureau to get data needed to …
Government & Politics Mar. 22, 2021 7:22 pm1640d ago
DES MOINES – If he runs, former President Donald Trump is the odds-on favorite of Iowa Republicans to win the …
News Mar. 22, 2021 8:00 am1640d ago
They celebrated Joe Biden’s presidential victory, but other results of the November 2020 election left a group of grassroots Johnson …
Government & Politics Mar. 22, 2021 7:45 am1640d ago
DES MOINES – As certain as opening day promises of bipartisanship and adjournment day boasts of accomplishments, Iowa legislative sessions …
Government & Politics Mar. 19, 2021 5:56 pm1643d ago
Fire up the grill, the meat war is on. Gov. Kim Reynolds has declared April as Meat on the Table …
Government & Politics Mar. 18, 2021 3:37 pm1644d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation to eliminate the requirement that Iowans get a ‘permission slip” from the government to buy a …
Government & Politics Mar. 17, 2021 5:34 pm1645d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved using nearly $122 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to make …
Government & Politics Mar. 16, 2021 10:16 pm1645d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa House voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to support legislation requiring regents universities to protect First Amendment …
Government & Politics Mar. 16, 2021 2:05 pm1646d ago
The calendar says March 2021, but Scott and Linda Foens were thinking about November 2022 when they launched a ‘Draft …