Todd Dorman

Before the 2012 Iowa Legislature’s session ended last week, lawmakers approved far-reaching, landmark legislation allowing bars and restaurants to create …

My scribbling on the president’s I do to gay marriage prompted a few dissents. One reader suggests I switch sides: …

So, welcome to the fight, Mr. President: “I have to tell you that over the course of several years as …

It seems education “reform” is on its way to the governor. So, can we call this a good first step? Rep. Cecil …

The full history of the “pink slime” saga has yet to be written, but already, it’s being revised. In the …

So last week’s “historic” property tax deal is this week’s absolute mess. There’s now trouble in the Senate, where the …

So our ousted Iowa Supreme Court justices officially became “Profiles in Courage” on Monday. David Baker, Michael Streit and Marsha …

Our Legislature, it seems, is close to a big deal on slicing property taxes paid by businesses. There’s going to …

So maybe you heard that a vehicle carrying Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Kim Reynolds hit one of Iowa’s plentiful …

We started at the summit. We ended up in a sausage factory. But really, that was education reform’s fate all …

Salon posted a piece Sunday on the legacy of the Villisca axe murders. The 100th anniversary is on June 10. …

Did a Cedar Rapids doctor get a special legislative favor? The Des Moines Register Editorial Board thinks so: Don’t like …

Tom Vilsack runs the food stamp program for our so-called “food stamp president.” Iowa’s former governor and current U.S. secretary …

Welcome to this briefing on the future of live video in the Iowa House. Now, I don’t have to tell …

Two years ago, brand new Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett floated an interesting idea: What if the Corridor Metropolitan Planning …