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The latest issue of AARP The Magazine recognized Ames as one of the country’s most ideal places to retire. Specifically, Ames ranked first nationally in life expectancy, with an average of 81.02 years. The national average is 78.1 years.

Nearly 200 people crowded into a meeting room at the Iowa City Public Library on Monday afternoon to hear Sen. Joe Biden talk about avoiding war with Iran. He quoted from declassified sections of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) released Monday that said, “Tehran halted their nuclear weapons program in 2003.” Although the NIE [...]

SIOUX CITY — Anyone who has the discipline to lose 110 pounds has earned at least some level of gravitas when it comes to talking about preventive health care.

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, made the most of a two-man show at the historic Orpheum Theater Thursday night in downtown Sioux City, [...]

(Update: It was incorrectly reported that Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., had issued a statement as part of an email soliciting campaign contributions that charged former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani with exploiting 9/ll. Although the Dodd campaign had issued the latter statement, it was not part of an email soliciting contributions. The article reflects these [...]

Although a meeting with Iowa’s senior citizens began with Rep. Tyler Olson providing an overview of accomplishments from the last legislative session, it ended with him gaining insights into elder abuse.
“People not only came, but they had a lot of questions and comments,” said Olson, a Democrat who represents Cedar Rapids. “I hadn’t heard as [...]

There was a distinct disconnect last night at the AARP and Iowa Public Television “Divided We Fail” Democratic presidential forum between what happened on the stage between participating candidates — Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chris Dodd, former Sen. John Edwards and Gov. Bill Richardson — and what happened throughout downtown Davenport following [...]

During an AARP presidential forum in Davenport, John Edwards questioned Sen. Hillary Clinton’s health care plan because it was “similar” to his own plan but six months late.

But following the event, it was Sen. Chris Dodd who offered this advice to Clinton, “if you’re going to talk about experience, I’d be reluctant to talk about [...]

State Senator Joe Seng of Davenport believes in Joe Biden.  Seng was the first senator from Iowa to endorse Senator Biden’s presidential bid.  He says Biden, “plans on winning” despite low fundraising totals.

In this 2 minute video, both Seng and Biden talk about the lack of money in Biden’s campaign coffers. 

Seng says it will [...]

Although Sen. Joe Biden gave little respect to Bill Richardson during the AARP Divided We Fail Presidential Candidate Forum in Davenport on Sept. 20, Richardson still gave himself a good review on his debate performance.

Biden likened Richardson’s experience as New Mexico governor to playing football in “high school.”

In this video, Richardson responds to some of [...]

The live blog, as well as the event, has now completed.
Adam Burke was on hand in Davenport tonight and will have video from the event available. I’ll have a more thorough report tomorrow, once I have time to digest both the forum and the after-event receptions for the various candidates.