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In the Rust Belt, a Ripple of Optimism

Posted on 05/16/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsSusan Milligan is visiting six Election 2012 battleground states to talk with 50-plus voters for a report that will be published in the September issue of the AARP Bulletin. She posted this from Youngstown, Ohio. When I last visited Youngstown, Ohio, four years ago, the city whose steel mills “built the tanks and bombs that won this country’s wars,” as Bruce Springsteen put it, had the feel of an industrial ghost town. So economically damaged was Youngstown from the decline …

Year of the Job-Seeker

Posted on 05/8/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsSusan Milligan is visiting six Election 2012 battleground states to talk with 50-plus voters for a report that will be published in the September issue of the AARP Bulletin. She posted this from a career fair in Independence, Ohio. A lot of middle-aged Ohioans are looking for jobs. While things here are better than they were — the unemployment rate statewide was 7.5 percent in March, down from a high of 10.6 percent in late 2009 — the people I …

Looking for Local Info?

Posted on 07/29/2009 by | General News | Comments

Personal HealthIf you’re anything like my friends and family, they love listening to the national debate on all the issues floating around, but what they really want to know is how they will be impacted in Arizona, for example. Below you’ll find a smattering of where to find local AARP info. Don’t see your state? I’d encourage you to check out Bulletin Today’s State Pages as well as the AARP Online Community for more information and resources. And of course, if …