Todd Dorman

Only the governor knows. Gov. Terry Branstad knows more about closing mental health facilities than mental health advocates. He knows …

Corrected to reflect that Maynard will be giving an invocation in the House only . So a Wiccan priestess walks …

So we’ve learned, thanks to Indiana’s baffling legislative backflip into pariah canyon, that discrimination can be bad for business. Sure, …

CRUZ MASTERFULLY SLICES HARD RIGHT INTO AMEN CORNER First impression: Ted Cruz is no snooze. The U.S. senator from Texas …

We’ve been looking at lines on maps around these parts since the fall of 2008, when the Cedar Rapids City …

So I’ve made a surprise cameo appearance in the big legal tussle between Iowa’s governor and the state’s former workers’ …

CRUZ DOMINATES NEWS. SOME ENTHUSED. OTHERS AMUSED. BUT WILL HE LOSE WHEN IOWANS CHOOSE? It was U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s …

OK, Republican caucus campaign staffers, repeat after me. ‘I (state your name) pledge allegiance to the First-In-the-Nation Iowa caucuses, and …

So I missed some news while taking the family to warmer climes last week. Developments galore, but precious few surprises. …

The risk of escaping for a spring break is that I might miss some big moment or development in a …

So Cedar Rapids’ superintendent search is down to three finalists, but their names are being kept confidential. ‘At this point …

OUT STANDING IN A GOP FIELD The big Iowa Ag Summit is today at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, and it’s …

Gov. Terry Branstad says his critics are change averse. On education funding, mental health system reforms and other issues, the …

WHAM BAM TAX MY GAS Next time some legislator says, ‘Patience, my fair constituent. Issues in the Legislature must take …

About two-thirds of the way through his State of the City speech, Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett built our word …