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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 15, 2013 6:05 am4392d ago
Down in the cellar, waiting out a Sharknado, it occurred to me it’s already time to consider the words that …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 12, 2013 6:05 am4395d ago
So Gov. Terry Branstad is getting a taste of micromanagement from above. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 11, 2013 11:03 am4395d ago
So I was poking around the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board website, looking for one thing, when I stumbled …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 10, 2013 8:42 am4397d ago
The 2013 legislative session was like a Christmas morning with bicycles and PlayStation 4s and … wait, is that a …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 8, 2013 5:05 am4399d ago
Are you fully informed about the ongoing battles being waged in the epic War on Christmas? Let’s find out. Here’s …
Staff Columnists Dec. 6, 2013 10:49 am4400d ago
In February, faced with troubling open enrollment losses, multiple members of the Cedar Rapids school board questioned whether the district …
Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2013 10:43 am4403d ago
Monday’s announcement by state Rep. Tyler Olson, D-Cedar Rapids, that his marriage is ending, but his gubernatorial campaign is not, …
Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2013 8:41 am4404d ago
Diary entry: Dec. 1, 2018 So it was five years ago today that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a big …
Staff Columnists Dec. 2, 2013 12:12 pm4404d ago
You sort of know when the email subject line says “Statement from Rep. Tyler Olson” that it’s probably not a …
Staff Columnists Nov. 27, 2013 5:05 am4410d ago
The latest word on Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz’s pay package, the state’s largest among his peers, hit the …
Staff Columnists Nov. 26, 2013 7:52 am4411d ago
In theory, it seems reasonable. Marion resident Jodi Treharne presented a letter to the Marion City Council demanding that members …
Staff Columnists Nov. 25, 2013 9:53 am4412d ago
You’d be shocked to know what most journalists do to try to keep themselves out of the news. They don’t …
Staff Columnists Nov. 21, 2013 5:05 am4416d ago
It may be the least recalled front page of all time. Nov. 21, 1963. That’s 50 years ago today. Fifty …
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