Todd Dorman

Senate President Pam Jochum asked a critical question Tuesday as a legislative panel considered the fate of a rule requiring …

So Kevin Kula of Coggon stood before the five-member Linn County Board of Supervisors Monday morning, urging them to toss …

After more than a year of watching a bureaucratic bulldozer driven by homebuilding interests clobber Iowa’s 4-inch topsoil rule, some …

It’s starting to get loud in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. I’m talking grab-your-earplugs loud. On Tuesday, Democratic congressional hopeful Monica …

And now for your lawn mower news update. On Friday, Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley tweeted a photo of his …

Ask folks in Elkader what makes their town unique, and they’ll keep coming back to the river. It’s the Turkey …

Tone it down, water drinkers. That was Gov. Terry Branstad’s basic message this past week when asked about the Des …

Prepare to be scanned, Cedar Rapidians. Your City Council on Tuesday, ‘without council or public comment” as Rick Smith wrote …

Ah, summer. Sweet corn, tomatoes and a swarm of media reports and official warnings on all the ways summer can …

So I’m not losing any sleep over Donald Trump. Being conscious, most of the time, I can’t help but notice …

My cellular provider has a series of TV ads claiming its powerful coverage will reach unexpected places. One insists ‘now …

Fun fact: Iowa is the only state with a ‘stache-cameral form of government. It’s true. Sure, civics class taught us …

(My annual Independence Day-ish shot of patriotic satire) White House briefing room, Aug. 24, 1814. And, now, the president of …

Scott Overland followed the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission’s handling of the four-inch topsoil rule and thinks Cedar Rapids could do …

Great Scott, it’s Dred Scott. At least that’s what we’re supposed to believe now in the heady days following the …