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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 Mar. 7, 2019 9:01 am2379d ago
So Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart is taking digital hits for his contention that most residents of this fair city …
Staff Columnists Feb. 28, 2019 5:42 am2386d ago
Vexillologically speaking, which isn’t easy, Cedar Rapids’ city flag is a rule-breaker. Its ‘Cedar Rapids” and ‘Iowa,” emblazoned in bright …
Staff Columnists Feb. 7, 2023 3:19 pm945d ago
Statehouse Republicans have apparently ‘narrowed” their plan to make Iowa’s judicial selection process a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Politics, …
Staff Columnists Feb. 21, 2019 10:40 am2393d ago
For the second-straight year, the newbo evolve festival came up as Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart offered his assessment of …
Staff Columnists Feb. 18, 2019 4:06 pm2395d ago
Legislative Republicans pushing hard to change the way Iowa selects its judges claim to want ‘fairness,” ‘balance” and ‘accountability.” But …
Staff Columnists Feb. 14, 2019 1:40 pm2399d ago
‘Snow day” was once so charming and nostalgic. As someone who grew up on the frozen tundra of Northern Iowa, …
Staff Columnists Feb. 7, 2019 7:00 am2407d ago
One of these days, a legislative majority driven by rigid ideology, its outraged partisan base or the largesse of its …
Staff Columnists Feb. 3, 2019 5:00 am2411d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds says all’s ‘quiet” on the water quality front so far this legislative session. But maybe that’s because …
Staff Columnists Jan. 19, 2019 10:44 am2426d ago
As U.S. Rep. Steve King roasted over the flames of public condemnation this past week for the latest un-hooding of …
Staff Columnists Jan. 14, 2019 11:18 am2431d ago
There’s going to be a lot of talk at the Statehouse during the 2019 session about building the state’s workforce, …
Staff Columnists Jan. 10, 2019 7:00 am2435d ago
Kids send their wish lists to Santa. The City of Cedar Rapids sends its list to the Iowa Legislature. Setting …
Staff Columnists Jan. 7, 2019 10:07 am2438d ago
Republicans who will be running the Legislature next week tossed us a few more breadcrumbs over the holidays as to …
Government & Politics Dec. 22, 2018 10:21 am2454d ago
Just days ago, state and local officials converged on a dead-end road in southwest Cedar Rapids where they found the …
Staff Columnists Dec. 16, 2018 7:00 am2460d ago
Christmas is just days away, meaning we’ve been hearing holiday music for about eight weeks now. When I get tired …
Staff Columnists Dec. 13, 2018 9:09 am2463d ago
In the great Iowa guess-off to determine what exactly Republicans will do next with their Statehouse trifecta, messing with the …