...both chambers and the governor's office. Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal of Council Bluffs and Iowa House Speaker Patrick Murphy of Dubuque said Wednesday they are willing to consider a gas tax bill if there is broad bipartisan support. "This is really... (more)

...telling them that, after mulling the situation for months, he has decided not to run for the Senate seat now held by Arlen Specter. Efforts to reach Matthews directly were unsuccessful. Jeremy Gaines, MSNBC's vice president for communications, reported by... (more)

...perhaps their biggest election scares in years in November. And efforts by Democratic Reps. Patrick Murphy, 8th District, Chris Carney, 10th District, and Altmire to gain assignments on more powerful panels -- in Murphy's case, a spot on the Energy committee... (more)

...in several individual pieces - though as it happens they are probably the least explicit ones. In a catalogue note, Patrick T Murphy points to the work of Marlene Dumas and Thomas Ruff, both of whom have dealt explicitly with pornography as, more recently... (more)

...Botsch, Melissa Hakes, Sara Noonan and Steve Scaffidi are running for Verhalen's seat. Kenneth A. Gehl, Dawn Leys, Patrick Murphy and Darren Travis are running for Grabowski's seat. Greenfield: Mayor Michael J. Neitzke is facing Ald. Tom Pietrowski and former... (more)

...the first time, King Philip freshman Chris Allen clocked a superb 4:48.71, a second faster than St. John?s Prep sophomore Patrick Murphy, who captured the seeded heat in 4:49.78. Murphy?s teammate, sophomore Ben Halpin, was third in 4:50.11. ?I wanted to... (more)