Todd Dorman

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across Iowa, more of the state’s 23 million hogs will be allowed to shelter in …

It won’t be long before we get yet another set of dismal coronavirus numbers. This time it will be falling …

Remember about three lifetimes ago, or was it three weeks, when the Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Invest in Iowa Act was …

So your columnist and his family are back from spring break. The weather in Florida was lovely all week. I …

On the day I spoke with professor Kate O’Neill via Skype from Kabul, Afghanistan, two rivals each claiming the country’s …

After a decade of lobbying Statehouse leaders to fill the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust fund, some cracks have …

Somebody, anybody, please remind Kim Reynolds that she is governor of Iowa, with vast powers and authority, with a bully …

Well, at least ‘bait and switch” sounds like outdoor recreation. Because that’s what those of us who voted in 2010 …

Senate Study Bill 3181 is unlikely to see much, if any, action this legislative session. Such is, generally, the fate …

Local researchers may have come up with a way to attack water toxins that have spawned swimming advisories and closed …

Just before Thanksgiving, I emailed Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office to ask which groups and individuals were involved in crafting the …

While we were keenly watching the slow-motion implosion of Iowa’s presidential caucuses, the Iowa Legislature has been on the job. …

Endings in politics rarely are happy endings. Long-serving politicians overstay their welcome and voters kick them to the curb. Majorities …

In Marion’s precinct 5, caucus night got messy. ‘Well, I was rooting for you, Iowa caucuses,” said my, daughter, Tess, …

So they’re leaving us, Iowans, the candidates, their staffers and, saddest of all, the traveling media. Soon jets filled with …