Todd Dorman

Trips to my mailbox in recent days have dented my hopes for a legislative campaign addressing stuff more substantive than …

So the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation is no longer opposed to generating new state revenue for water quality initiatives. But …

A guy named Gary Craver, a researcher and genealogist from Centerville, was digging into his local paper’s archives when he …

Gov. Terry Branstad and I are on the same page. Not a typo. The governor praised a report out Tuesday …

ANAMOSA – Two things drew me to Anamosa on a gorgeous September morn. First, I’d never witnessed U.S. Sen. Chuck …

As local government decisions go, the Linn County Board of Supervisors’ first vote Wednesday in favor of raising the local …

My seat was in the Linn County Board of Supervisors’ informal meeting room Monday morning, but my ears could have …

So it looks like our Linn County Board of Supervisors is fixin’ to vote Wednesday on an ordinance raising the …

In the midst of this Burger King election cycle, famous for its Whoppers, flame-broiled over pants on fire, it was …

Tomato plants, you may be surprised to hear, are extremely sensitive to atmospheric mendacity. When mendacity levels are high, the …

When we’re very young, we look forward to some milestone birthdays. At 13 you become a teenager. At 16, the …

So I asked Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett if the city council is planning to support Linn County’s Water and …

Ask Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett about prospects for federal funding to help pay for the city’s flood protection system, …

I haven’t seen Gov. Terry Branstad this excited since he was bravely defending lean-finely textured beef. And even when the …

Maybe you’ve noticed our lawmakers and governor are treading water when it comes to figuring out how to raise new …