Todd Dorman

Iowa is making headlines across the nation. Late Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she would rescind the state’s already thin …

Our Legislature has a mean streak. Cruel, even. Just ask transgender Iowans. I recently wrote about a slew of bills …

In the opening paragraphs of her Pulitzer Prize-winning essay commencing The New York Times’ 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones describes how …

As state Rep. Sandy Salmon sees it, the notion of transgender Iowans being allowed to live their lives without state …

It was a nice streak, Iowa. For the past 25-plus years your columnist has been watching Iowa politics, governors of …

Iowans have made this a very boozy pandemic. Cheers. Maybe you saw the reports last month on Iowa alcohol sales …

Gov. Kim Reynolds lavished praise on Iowa’s public schools during her Condition of the State address Tuesday night, using a …

So now we’ve seen the consequences of Republicans crying ‘voter fraud!” where none exists. Sure, it was all fun and …

As Iowa gets redder, its state government is getting less transparent. There’s the Department of Public Health’s Infectious Disease Advisory …

People will sometimes write to praise or condemn a column I wrote weeks ago. I can barely recall it. The …

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a virus was spreading. We locked them all out. …

As the year approaches a merciful end, it’s time to ponder the words that described and defined 2020. Are you …

Maybe you recall that dramatic scene in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life” when a bank panic grips Bedford Falls and Bailey …

It’s about that time in December when the traditional holiday classics are getting a little old. Here are some new …

So Iowa’s new impaired waters list came out this past week. It’s chock-full of ‘buts.” Some will proclaim progress. But …