James Lynch
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Statehouse reporter for The Courier
In the end, it was partisan distancing that went epidemic at the Statehouse.
Iowa reports 16 more COVID-19 deaths Friday
A new high of 125 new cases of coronavirus were announced Thursday, along with 2 deaths in Linn County.
Shortly after midnight Tuesday morning, the Iowa Legislature approved suspending its session, waiving K-12 school requirements and giving the governor authority to dip into emergency funds to provide resources needed to react to the anticipated spread of COVID-19.
Iowa lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds agree the state’s medical cannabidiol law needs to change, but there are significant differences about how.
There may be meaning in the full results of the Iowa caucuses whenever they are released, but what the delay really means “is that the Iowa caucuses are hanging by a thread.”
Picking up supporters from other candidates as they drop out, Sen. Bernie Sanders has moved into the lead in the Democratic presidential nomination, a new ISU poll shows.
CEDAR RAPIDS — Although he has expressed concerns with President Donald Trump’s proposal to levy tariffs on Mexican goods coming into the Unit…
CEDAR RAPIDS — School’s out, and eighth-grade history and civics teacher Thomas Kedley is hitting the campaign trail.
DES MOINES — A proposed change in Iowa’s medical marijuana law was “too much of a jump” for Gov. Kim Reynolds, who said her own battle with ad…