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Todd Dorman
I’m a columnist, editorial writer and blogger for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I write about local and state government, politics, social issues, children, dogs, barbecue, or whatever shiny thing catches my woefully short attention span. I’ve been here since October 2007, after covering the Statehouse for nearly a decade, and my blog has been online since November 2007. I was student body president of my high school in 1988-89 and that’s the last time I’ll run for anything. Except maybe a free beer or an ice cream truck. Sign up for my Pints & Politics newsletter, or watch my podcast.
Latest Articles by Todd Dorman
Staff Columnists Aug. 13, 2020 8:00 am1853d ago
We take the trees for granted. Sure, in the spring when they leaf out or bloom we take some notice. …
Staff Columnists Aug. 10, 2020 10:48 am1856d ago
Our mission, should we choose to accept it, and we definitely have, is to get our daughter Tess moved into …
Staff Columnists Jul. 31, 2020 9:30 am1866d ago
Earlier this summer, a debate emerged over the future of some art and monuments at the Iowa Statehouse. Activists rightly …
Staff Columnists Jul. 30, 2020 8:24 am1867d ago
It worked so well Republicans had to trash it. County auditors in Iowa who received absentee ballot request forms from …
Staff Columnists Jul. 27, 2020 11:03 am1870d ago
Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield has pledged, frequently, she won’t take ‘one dime” of corporate PAC money to …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2020 8:00 am1874d ago
It turns out Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration will provide important information, at least when it involves helping President Donald Trump …
Staff Columnists Jul. 9, 2020 9:40 am1888d ago
Advocates for Social Justice have been organizing Black Lives Matter protests in Cedar Rapids and are leading the charge for …
Staff Columnists Jul. 3, 2020 1:01 pm1894d ago
Stuck at home this holiday weekend? Socially distancing? Comforting your fireworks-rattled dog? Looking for something to pass the time? Same …
Staff Columnists Jul. 2, 2020 3:18 pm1895d ago
It’s been just a year since Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration set up a fake real estate office in Manhattan, hoping …
Staff Columnists Jun. 29, 2020 10:14 am1898d ago
While we’re waiting, and waiting, for Kim, some are looking back longingly to Tom. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has said …
Staff Columnists Jun. 25, 2020 9:21 am1902d ago
Cedar Rapids City Council member Ann Poe remembers the long drive back from Council Bluffs in April 2014 after the …
Staff Columnists Jun. 19, 2020 12:42 pm1908d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds strode away from the lectern Thursday morning and that was it. Our must-see pandemic binge-watch, Reynolds’ daily, …
Staff Columnists Jun. 17, 2020 11:18 am1910d ago
If only the 2020 Iowa legislative session had ended on the sunny steps of the Statehouse last Friday, with Gov. …
Staff Columnists Jun. 10, 2020 12:36 pm1917d ago
Take heart, rattled Iowans, living through strife and crisis. The Iowa Legislature is back on the job. Lawmakers have returned …
Staff Columnists Jun. 5, 2020 10:30 am1922d ago
So a record number of Iowans voted in major party primaries in Iowa last week, setting up fall races for …