Todd Dorman

Nomophobia, according to this story in the UK’s Evening Standard, the fear of being out of cell phone signal range, or …

Hey, I love hugging trees and going green and shrinking my carbon footprint as much as the next enlightened bloke. …

Here are 5 big issues the Legislature has yet to resolve with just three weeks left in the 2008 session, and the …

As fellow Gazette bloganista Dave Rasdal points out, Cedar Rapids’ municipal golf courses open on Monday. It’s welcome news. Some …

So should we do what polls show a majority of Iowans want or should we do what the grocery industry wants? And …

I know, I know, I should probably confine my restaurant roaming and tavern travels to locally owned joints. That would …

Gov. Chet Culver is strongly hinting that he might veto the collective bargaining expansion for public employees that passed the …

You could be dressed up as “Polyp Man.” OK, it’s a funny picture. But it’s also a serious subject. From …

So I was on the treadmill this morning. Last week, front buttons popped off two pairs of pants on consecutive …

Senate Democrats agreed at midday to let senators go home for the weekend before a long Monday debate on the controversial collective bargaining …

Not true, apparently. From Radio Iowa: “Authorities in central Iowa have charged a Collins man with 41 counts of animal …

Sen. John Putney, R-Gladbrook, is making his last bid to save summer, or at least the last fleeting days of …

As high piles of snow disappear from the landscape, hopefully for good, they’re revealing items long buried. We can only …

Have you checked out Gazette City Hall reporter Rick Smith’s new blog? If not, you should. For one thing, you’ll …

O. Kay Henderson at Radio Iowa has the story: “Only 23 senators voted in favor of the House plan on …