Todd Dorman

We’ve tried politically acceptable voluntary approaches for decades.

There were two big events in Iowa last Saturday that drew national attention. One was the Penn State-Iowa football game, …

Cedar Rapids’ mayoral race has been splashed with the red and blue paint of partisan politics. This should not surprise …

So it’s been 14 years this week since I walked through the doors of The Gazette

Iowa concluded Fiscal Year 2021 with a $1.24 billion budget surplus. The largest ever. Black ink is certainly better than …

Our “rogue auditor” is complying with the letter of state election law. And yet he’s being accused of playing politics in the non-partisan Linn-Mar School Board election.

Iowa is saturated in gambling options, with casinos, racetrack casinos, sports betting and a lottery. Iowans wanted to gamble, and our leaders obliged.

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Soon, there will be a intoxicating chill in the air. We’ll might even be able to see our breath. Maybe it’s full of COVID, and maybe it’s not. Keep your distance, just in case.

Finally, we glimpsed an island of sanity in a sea of cruel indifference.

Supporters of casino gambling in Cedar Rapids gathered for lunch this past week. “Potential” was the main course.

Gov. Kim Reynolds doesn’t even respect us enough to come up with a coherent fake rationale for her reckless response …

Kate O’Neill and the rest of the American University of Afghanistan community remain determined to live up to their motto: “Education will prevail.”

We’re laying my dad to rest today. It seems inappropriate, considering how hard Howard Dorman worked and how little he …

California has declared war on bacon. At least that’s how our state’s Republican political leaders are describing it.