Todd Dorman

So the city’s effort to require replacement of topsoil or other runoff-absorbing materials on finished construction sites is on shakier …

Chet Culver popped to mind last week, for some reason. Maybe it’s because the current governor who unseated Culver in …

Back in September, when a Cedar Rapids City Council committee commenced a 60-day process crafting an ordinance directing topsoil restoration …

I’ve heard we’re in tumultuous electoral times. Outsiders are incoming. Bums will be thrown out. To the ramparts, with pitchforks. …

So it was a busy October, with all the football-watching, pumpkin-spicing and local electioneering. Maybe you missed the Legislature’s ‘Gambling …

If Cedar Rapids voters shelve a 27-cent levy on Tuesday to fund the city’s public libraries, it won’t be because …

So I’ve watched Iowa House Republicans shrug at bulldozing a topsoil rule over the objections of hundreds of Iowans and …

Of all the burning issues facing Marion voters, only one is truly combustible. At a League of Women Voters forum …

Marion’s new ‘brand” is ‘Reach Higher.” Maybe you’ve seen the water tower. But if you’ve spent much time watching local …

MARION – Craig Harwood is an engineer, and yet he can’t make the math work. Harwood, of Cedar Rapids, has …

So the Iowa Supreme Court must decide whether the state’s open-meetings law is no match for some very clever county …

So quite possibly the most expensive administrative ‘clarification” in Iowa history will keep moving forward, just more slowly. Republican lawmakers …

Roughly a year ago, our editorial page carried a hopeful headline. ‘Rod Blum is best suited to find bipartisan solutions.” …

Sometimes, you have to wonder why we bother electing a General Assembly. A governor, apparently, is all we need. For …

Ring … Ring … Ring. Hello, this is the city of Cedar Rapids’ automated speed enforcement system collections division. It’s …