Todd Dorman

NPR was spewing lots of chatty inaugural coverage this am. My children were half-listening as they dabbled in Cheerios and …

An email from from the Senate Democrats: Democratic Senators and staff: Senator Gronstal has cancelled all committee and floor action …

Tess Dorman turns 7 today. Hard to believe it’s been that long. To the news. Former state Sen. Mary Lundby …

Gov. Chet Culver made veiled mention of it in his Condition of the State address. Democratic legislative leaders call it …

There’s been a lot a talk about unpaid employee furloughs lately, in government, at newspaper chains, you name it. And …

With sincere apologies to my colleague and proud Coggonite Molly Rossiter. From the The Register: And you thought yesterday’s temperatures …

-27.8 at the Dorman Compound. No school, again. Newsrooms across America are scrambling to find new/interesting ways to cover the …

State senators, Republicans and Democrats, paid tribute this morning to ailing former Sen. Mary Lundby, R-Mation. The Gazette and The Register …

NWS reports -28 at Cedar Rapids at 7:52 a.m. According to a Gazette story this morning, that would tie the all-time …

OK, not that cold. But it is -24.8 at the Dorman ranch. And again, no school at Linn Mar. So …

President-elect Barack Obama dined with leading conservative columnati last eve at George Will’s house. Politico says lamb chops were served: …

Here are the latest conditions, as of 11:05 a.m. CST: My driveway is 100-percent snow and ice covered. With zero visibility, …

Biggest news here — No school at Linn Mar. Second place goes to Gov. Chet Culver, of course, who announced …

So this is the auspicious day Gov. Chet Culver drops in to reveal what condition our condition is in. And this …

Iowa Senate President Jack Kibbie, D-Emmetsburg, opened the 2009 session with a call for increasing the gas tax: “I support …