Todd Dorman

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 …

Statehouse politicians are taking aim at political bias. In other news, mosquitoes are opposed to itch and irritation. State Sen. …

Stacy, just your average mom, has got a lot going on. In fact, ‘Stacy” is a mom, wife and teacher …

When Republicans’ legal arguments don’t prevail in Iowa courts, they don’t reconsider their misguided legislative proposals. They seek instead to …

This tax cut game is rigged. For all of the two decades or so your columnist has been watching state …