Todd Dorman

This month Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that she would spend some federal pandemic relief funds on a marketing campaign aimed …

State Rep. Ras Smith, D-Waterloo, has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for governor. On Tuesday I asked him …

Ideally, Government Oversight Committees oversee and investigate government decision making, especially by executive branch agencies. Maybe you’ve heard of checks …

Our red-state, trailblazing governor claimed yet another cookie-cutter national culture war trophy this week.

For one, we need a governor who doesn’t choose campaigning over governing at a critical moment.

Column criticizing the Republican Legislature struck some nerves

Asking the Department of Natural Resources, under current management, to save even a waterway it’s dubbed “outstanding” is an exercise …

Bills considered and passed paint a picture of the Iowans the Legislature actually serves

Given all the talk this week about a Linn County gambling referendum this fall, I tried this past week to …

There are thousands of individual stories among Iowans receiving federal pandemic unemployment benefits. The pandemic, which is not over, has …

In many ways she still lives. Sometimes through my keyboard.

So the same governor who claims to care deeply for children’s mental health is also willing to dump on transgender …

Bureaucrats are coming for Iowa’s farm puddles again. OK, not really. But as the Biden administration surveys the environmental wreckage …

No Iowa governmental entity is talking about requiring proof of a COVID-19 vaccination to conduct public business. Reports of Iowa …

Attention good citizens: Be on the lookout for zombie bills as the legislative session rolls toward a merciful end. This …