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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. 9, 2019 1:06 pm2109d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – One thing was clear Saturday after hearing from six candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination: If …
News Dec. 9, 2019 6:30 am2110d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is being targeted by a right-of-center nonprofit encouraging him to back the expansion …
Government & Politics Dec. 6, 2019 5:59 pm2112d ago
He’s not enthusiastic about it, but Bernie Sanders thinks it would be a ‘dereliction of duty” if the U.S. House …
News Apr. 7, 2020 3:21 pm1989d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Tom Vilsack, who has been through a few Iowa campaigns, sees Joe Biden’s 18-county ‘No Malarkey’ bus …
Government & Politics Dec. 6, 2019 4:22 pm2112d ago
Eddie Mauro, one of a handful of Democrats hoping to be their party’s challenger to Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, …
Government & Politics Dec. 5, 2019 1:44 pm2113d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – With Iowa experiencing ‘frequent” 500-year flooding, weather-related losses of agricultural production and declines in pollinators and bird …
Government & Politics Dec. 4, 2019 5:07 pm2114d ago
It appears the White House and Democratic-controlled U.S. House are ‘very, very close to a deal” on the USMCA trade …
Government & Politics Dec. 3, 2019 9:15 am2116d ago
IOWA CITY – Maureen Vasile likes that Elizabeth Warren ‘has a plan for that,” especially to end what the Massachusetts …
News Mar. 24, 2020 3:23 pm2003d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Kicking off an extended campaign tour as Iowans come out of Thanksgiving tryptophan-induced comas probably makes sense …
News Nov. 26, 2019 7:30 am2123d ago
WASHINGTON, Iowa – Like many Iowans following the 2020 presidential hopefuls around Eastern Iowa, Marc Korver is concerned about the …
News Nov. 26, 2019 7:00 am2123d ago
Consider this your save-the-date notice. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will kick off a yearlong celebration of the centennial …
Government & Politics Nov. 26, 2019 6:00 am2123d ago
‘First-in-the-nation” may not accurately describe the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses. That’s because the Iowa Democratic Party, which plans to incorporate …
Government & Politics Nov. 25, 2019 11:06 am2123d ago
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California is announcing a mental health plan today that as part of her Medicare for …
Government & Politics Nov. 22, 2019 9:30 am2127d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Six Democratic presidential hopefuls will participate in a Dec. 7 forum in Cedar Rapids focusing on issues …
Government & Politics Nov. 22, 2019 6:39 pm2126d ago
Sexual assault survivor Sen. Joni Ernst has rejected Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s advice on domestic abuse and sexual assault …