Todd Dorman

Few words make me cringe as swiftly as “veepstakes.” It’s an exciting-sounding word, used to describe something that’s not really …

If you weren’t punctual, you might have missed the Republican nominating convention in state Senate District 34 Monday night. It …

So another plan for Westdale Mall’s redevelopment bites the dust. Investors led by John Frew, who is also managing the …

Our governor says he’s sticking to his guns on wind energy, and plans to keep pushing his party’s presidential nominee …

As a parent of two children, ages 10 and 7, I’m obviously disturbed by the report of a child nearly …

Conducting the public’s business in front of the public can be so constraining and uncomfortable. Sometimes, you simply have to …

We call them “sunshine laws,” but it’s often the shadows that matter most. And by shadows I mean the exemptions …

A year from now, we’ll probably be talking about who is and who is not running for mayor of Cedar …

So A.J. Spiker, the chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa – with its first-in-the-nation caucuses still in the shop, …

Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and others have dubbed Wednesday as Chick-fil-A appreciation day, hoping to counter all the fallout over …

Jeff Moser, a reader and regular commenter on this blog, is a Clayton County farmer and trucker who works part …

So the other day a reader called to tell me that the word on the street is the Cedar Rapids …

My first encounter with a roundabout could have gone better. We were on vacation years ago, driving through Wisconsin. We …

It ain’t easy being the honorable secretary of agriculture these days. First, Sec. Tom Vilsack says he’s praying for rain …

(Today’s print column, with some rehash for my tens of online readers) My state Senate district craves attention. Last fall, …