Todd Dorman

Popular Science is shutting down online comments. Why? Because vitriol piled below an article skews the way readers perceive what’s …

Perhaps the endless fight between Linn County supervisors and county Auditor Joel Miller has driven you to drink. If so, …

Call it the Battle of New Orleans II, but much further north. Two New Orleans-based consulting groups have very different …

Politics turns our brains into mush. And that’s science. OK, it’s a little more nuanced than that. Consider a study …

City leaders have to do the tough work of making the trains run, figuring out how to pay for stuff, …

To swipe a phrase from David Yepsen, we’re having a week of “great mentions and trial balloons.” According to a …

So state Sen. Jack Hatch, D-Des Moines, formally joined the 2014 race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination Monday. Curiously, he …

Hey, there’s a nice minefield. I think I’ll stroll right in. A couple of weeks back, there was a rally …

On Tuesday, the Cedar Rapids school district’s bid to raise local taxes to pay for building maintenance took it on …

Prepare for nudges, but not necessarily nannies. Monday was the kickoff of Cedar Rapids’ Blue Zones Project, named by author …

Already having heard plenty from the pessimists, Mayor Ron Corbett took his case first to the Optimists. “Great turnout today,” …

Today”s print column. Cedar Crossing certainly made a splash. The proposed casino in downtown Cedar Rapids showed itself as investors …

Gov. Terry Branstad says broadband access in Iowa isn’t what it should be, or needs to be in the future. …

So “Cedar Crossing” it is. That’s the name of a casino project proposed for downtown Cedar Rapids. The official license …

Sometimes, you go to a Cedar Rapids City Council meeting and a colloquy breaks out. A colloquy, by the way, …