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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 Feb. 13, 2019 5:45 pm2408d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation to prohibit traffic enforcement cameras got a yellow light Wednesday as a House subcommittee advanced the …
Government & Politics Feb. 12, 2019 11:29 pm2408d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to make birth control pills available without a doctor’s prescription is expected to …
Government & Politics Feb. 12, 2019 9:24 pm2409d ago
DES MOINES – Last week, in the middle of a snowstorm, a driver on ‘100 percent snow and ice” was …
Government & Politics Feb. 11, 2019 8:53 pm2410d ago
DES MOINES – Under conditions that likely would have resulted in a snow day, the Iowa House approved a school …
Government & Politics Feb. 11, 2019 5:56 pm2410d ago
DES MOINES – A lawmaker’s idea to ‘shorten the agony” of political campaigns had a brief life in the Iowa …
Government & Politics Feb. 11, 2019 5:24 pm2410d ago
DES MOINES – The parents of an Urbana woman killed in a hit-and-run collision told lawmakers Monday that Iowa law …
Government & Politics Feb. 10, 2019 4:37 pm2411d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Eleven years ago, before she was a senator, Elizabeth Warren was supposed to join presidential candidate Barack …
Government & Politics Mar. 7, 2023 3:08 pm925d ago
DES MOINES – A day after a federal judge barred the University of Iowa from throwing off campus a Christian …
Government & Politics Feb. 8, 2019 7:01 pm2413d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa House is expected to approve a plan Monday to boost general state aid to K-12 …
Government & Politics Aug. 2, 2021 9:13 am1507d ago
JOHNSTON – Appalled at legislation in other states that allows third-trimester abortions up until the time of birth, Gov. Kim …
Government & Politics Feb. 21, 2019 3:04 pm2400d ago
DES MOINES — Iowa’s 40-year-old bottle bill is ‘falling apart,’ a state economist said Thursday, but can be restored to …
Government & Politics Feb. 7, 2019 3:19 pm2414d ago
DES MOINES – His budget has been ‘cut to the bone” over the past decade and any further cuts would …
Government & Politics Feb. 6, 2019 6:19 pm2415d ago
DES MOINES – Attorneys voiced opposition to legislation advanced by Republican legislators Wednesday that would diminish their role in the …
Government & Politics Feb. 5, 2019 5:36 pm2416d ago
DES MOINES – An Iowa Workforce Development plan to delay paying unemployment benefits – which was endorsed Tuesday by an …
Government & Politics Feb. 4, 2019 10:26 pm2416d ago
DES MOINES – A firefighter, a furloughed federal employee, a mental health advocate and a spouse will be guests of …