Todd Dorman, The Gazette

Todd Dorman

The Gazette

Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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Past articles by Todd:

Senate Republicans shove reporters to the rafters

My first reaction upon hearing that Statehouse reporters would be → Read More

Can we wait for a ‘new vision’ for water quality?

We’ve tried politically acceptable voluntary approaches for decades. → Read More

Iowa GOP digs in to protect agriculture’s status quo

California has declared war on bacon. At least that’s how our state’s Republican political leaders are describing it. → Read More

Readers speak freely about red state Iowa

Most agreed the state is heading in the wrong direction → Read More

Iowa’s first major state tax took effect 100 years ago

Sin has continued to be taxable since Gov. Nathan Kendall signed the national first → Read More

Iowa needs some new Statehouse monuments to reflect reality

Earlier this summer, a debate emerged over the future of some art and monuments at the Iowa Statehouse. Activists rightly pointed out that some works, such as 'The Pioneer Statuary Group' in front of the Capitol and the giant 'Westward' painting inside are examples of whitewashed history, glorifying white settlement while ignoring the fate of displaced Indigenous people. → Read More

Take this civics test that captures the chaos

Stuck at home this holiday weekend? Socially distancing? Comforting your fireworks-rattled dog? Looking for something to pass the time? → Read More

Fake real estate and now a fake recovery

It's been just a year since Gov. Kim Reynolds' administration set up a fake real estate office in Manhattan, hoping to lure New Yorkers to Iowa with the promise of cheap housing. → Read More

One issue, two Iowa governors, 15 years apart

While we're waiting, and waiting, for Kim, some are looking back longingly to Tom. → Read More

No casino, but there's still high-stakes action at First and First West

Cedar Rapids City Council member Ann Poe remembers the long drive back from Council Bluffs in April 2014 after the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission shot down the city's plan for a casino. No slots, no steakhouse, no dice. → Read More

Iowa Gov. Reynolds stars in the series finale of COVID-19 briefings

Gov. Kim Reynolds strode away from the lectern Thursday morning and that was it. → Read More

Relax Iowa, the Legislature is back at work, making things worse

Take heart, rattled Iowans, living through strife and crisis. The Iowa Legislature is back on the job. → Read More

Iowa's U.S. Senate race shapes up to be nasty and pricey

So a record number of Iowans voted in major party primaries in Iowa last week, setting up fall races for the U.S. House and Senate. Turns out sending every Iowa voter an absentee ballot request form led more people to cast a vote. → Read More

Iowa workers are paying a high price for our meat. Our top politicians don't care

Well, folks, it is grilling season again in the Midwest. Be sure to check the label on your favorite pork products to see how many meatpacking workers got COVID-19 at the plant that processed them. → Read More

Iowa's vulnerable take another COVID-19 pandemic hit

It was one of those jarring juxtapositions that make our state's true priorities clear. → Read More

The class of 2020, disrupted but not defeated

If all goes according to plan Sunday afternoon, we'll be arriving at Door 10 at Linn-Mar High School for my daughter Tess's graduation ceremony. It will be a compact group, just the graduate and four family members. → Read More

Iowa's pandemic-plagued budget plan remains in quarantine

In a couple of weeks, Iowa lawmakers will be back at the Statehouse after more than two months on a pandemic pause. Non-essential workers, apparently. → Read More

All Iowans are gamblers in Kim's COVID Casino

Iowa's gaming parlors are closed. There's no sports betting without sports. Slots are silent. → Read More

'Death stalked swiftly' in 1918. What will we remember now?

In August 1919, the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette opined in favor of the passage of a $5 million congressional appropriation to 'investigate influenza, its cause, prevention and cure.' → Read More

Concoctions for your COVID-19 cocktail hour

Maybe you've read, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, about the resurgence of happy hour or cocktail hour among Americans looking for fun during home-sheltering. → Read More