Todd Dorman

The Iowa House voted this morning to exempt bars and restaurants that hold state liquor licenses from the controversial bill banning smoking …

This interesting story certainly puts things in a gloomy perspective. From the New York Times: Kissing the Earth Goodbye in …

This got buried by the Spitzer thing, but Obama gave a pretty good speech Monday slamming the Clintons’ Dream Ticket …

Almost the minute I heard about the Spitzer scandal, I wondered what headline the New York Post would come up …

  I opined in my Thursday column that an online search turned up only one pothole joke. From that intensive, …

My criticism this week of the Cedar Rapids City Council’s refusal to answer questions or even talk to citizens during …

I came across this mention of Gov. Chet Culver’s meeting this week with Citizens for Community Improvement over at Century of the …

It’s the capstone in today’s post Super  Tuesday II conventional wisdom — GOP nominee John McCain benefits big time from …

House Minority Leader Christopher Rants, R-Sioux City, lost in his bid this morning to force a debate on a constitutional …

After being whipsawed from a warm promise of spring back into the glazed depths of winter, I’m lacking the mental …

State lawmakers backed away from a proposal this week that would have removed stickers from gas pumps promoting fuel blended …

On Tuesday I columnized that “critics, cranks and government minimalists” are already taking shots at Cedar Rapids’ latest downtown/riverfront development …

The Des Moines Register reports today that Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is willing to hand some of his authority …

I live among the beige, gray and beige-ish gray homes in the English Glen subdivision on the north side of Marion. It’s …

Health experts are warning sun-starved Iowans about the dangers of vitamin D deficiency, according to Radio Iowa: “While the cold …