Todd Dorman

It’s looking more and more like Iowa’s rule requiring builders to replace four inches of topsoil on finished construction sites …

As a journalist, I feel some kinship to the panhandler. In my younger days, a couple of papers I worked …

Yes, I still struggle with an addiction to writing about gambling. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Sorry. In my defense, I was …

I’ve been caught up in casino madness all day, but I wanted to say something about the fifth anniversary of …

It took a while, but the governor’s secret settlement saga finally has reached the comforting “both sides do it” phase. …

Iowa’s Creative Corridor, where you’re free to create, so long as it’s not disruptive or makes us look bad. So …

We’d better get prepped, there’s much anticipation, we’d better take their minds off cannibalization. The RGC is coming to town! …

So God made a farmer. And politicians make really stupid mistakes. Add U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley of Iowa to the …

So, um, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst has a new ad. It’s titled “Squeal.” And its central theme is …

There are things you don’t expect to type. Like “Good job, A.J. Spiker.” But there it is. I haven’t really …

So I’m back from spring break, sunburned, frazzled and in need of a vacation. But we had a swell time …

(Warning: Satire.) 911 what’s your emergency? “My house is on fire.” OK, we’ll send units from the Cedar Rapids Fire …

Our governor has weighed in on medical marijuana, and it’s about what you’d expect. Empathizing is swell, to be sure. …

In the same Statehouse where peeping drones and sneaky speed cameras give many lawmakers the creeps, a bill expanding strip …

It’s been a busy week. We had Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Then came Cannibal Thursday. Thursday was the day …