Todd Dorman

DES MOINES – So Iowa’s 4-inch topsoil rule is one step closer to being yanked out by its roots and …

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst survived one of the worst jobs in American politics without a scratch, and enhanced her national …

So our brand new U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will bask in the national spotlight tonight, giving the official Republican …

Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commission has another opportunity this week to decide what it really wants to protect. On Wednesday, the …

An irregular Friday feature on the week that was. WAR! Fresh from his Condition of the State showstopper on Tuesday, …

As a famous suburban Chicago high school student mused, ‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around …

So our governor delivers his annual Condition of the State speech this morning. And from what I’ve read, we’re to …

Clean water is sitting on the back burner as your Iowa Legislature returns to its Golden Dome of Wisdom this …

On Tuesday, I poked fun of my adult tendency to cast doom, gloom and dire warnings of danger on stuff …

A spirited debate sparked by the season’s first winter storm took place Monday inside the head of a third-rate local …

From ‘cannibalization” to ‘ hog castration,” the year in words just past was enough to make many of us ‘squeal.” …

Last year, as the New Year dawned, and while channeling my inner sports writer, I wrote about the ‘matchups” that …

With 2015 rapidly approaching, I dug into the archives to see how Cedar Rapids welcomed 1915 a century ago. Turns …

So I’m out of the office this week, investigating the claim that people actually want to spend more time with …

In the midst of the Christmas rush, the Cedar Rapids School Board is kicking off a superintendent search, right this …