Todd Dorman

Slow news day with the holiday approaching, but there are a few tidbits out there. Several papers carry news of …

Yesterday, I mentioned that Gov. Culver is going to the Outback Bowl to watch the Hawks and the Gamecocks do …

Veteran newsman Dave Franzman at KCRG TV9 in Cedar Rapids has an interview with ailing State Sen. Mary Lundby. She’s in …

I ran into U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack at Barnes and Noble in Cedar Rapids Sunday afternoon. He was just sitting …

The AP picks up a weekend Des Moines Register story detailing the initial Statehouse rumblings over a proposal that would …

Starting a new daily feature, picking a few interesting stories from print and blogs. Feel free to submit your own. …

 A well-done story by Jennifer Jacobs in this morning’s Des Moines Register carries very sad news that State Sen. Mary Lundby …

Gov. Chet Culver was in town at midday for the special “A Season of Hope” event at St. Wenceslaus Catholic …

Iowa’s population is now estimated at 3,002,555 according to the U.S. Census bureau. We’ve crossed the 3 million threshold. Hooray. …

Last Summer, at the Democratic National Convention, former Gov. Tom Vilsack told a small group of journos that he was still …

Normally, NORAD is watching out for airborne threats to the national security of the United States and Canada. But on …

Thanks to the Iowa Supreme Court’s August ruling in favor of Davenport’s effort to catch red-light-runners using surveillance cameras, the …

My internal weather geek kicked in yesterday as we careened from balmy to icy in a matter of hours. I was …

The Revenue Estimating Conference has spoken. Things aren’t good: Iowa leaders today said deeper cuts in state spending likely will …

Local pols all over the country are salivating at the prospect of a big federal stimulus package bulging with infrastructure …