(Radio Iowa) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is campaigning in western Iowa today (Monday) as he releases a plan to address retirement security. “My parent’s generation is aging. My generation is dangerously behind the curve on retirement savings,” Buttigieg told Radio Iowa. “It does feel like there’s a lot at stake personally in making sure that we get this right both for those who are aging now and for those who are just entering the workforce.”

Buttigieg is proposing a new 90-dollar-a-day benefit to help cover long-term care. Buttigieg’s father died nearly a year ago and Buttigieg says as he and his mother discussed how to pay for long-term care, a social worker suggested his mother spend all of her assets, so the couple would qualify for Medicaid. “It’s one thing to hear about these issues in theory. It’s another to find yourself confronting them as a family,” Buttigieg says. “…I was just thinking: ‘Is that how this works in America?’ This is no way to organize the way our country deals with long-term care, but so many families are in that situation.”

Buttigieg also supports requiring the top two percent of income earners to pay Social Security taxes on ALL their income. Today, Social Security taxes are only assessed on an individual’s first 133-thousand dollars of income. “If we make that simple move and a couple of other tweaks without cutting benefits, we can have Social Security solvent well into the time I’m drawing Social Security,” Buttigieg says, “and I’m the youngest person running for president.”

Buttigieg is 37. He’ll reach retirement age in 30 years. In addition to preserving Social Security, Buttigieg is calling for creation of a public option four-oh-one-K (401K) for younger workers to save for retirement. “We would create a strong incentive to be part of it by requiring that large employers match employee contributions two-to-one,” Buttigieg says. “It’s one more way to make sure that we have not only the baseline floor that Social Security provides, but enough to make sure that everyone can do well and a typical worker, using this public option 401k, would be set to retire with about $500,000.”

Many of the other Democratic presidential candidates have offered proposals on retirement-related issues, as well. Buttigieg’s first event is at 10 a.m. in Red Oak, followed by stops in Creston, Atlantic (at 3:30), and finally, in Council Bluffs. He’ll campaign in Denison, Storm Lake and Sioux City on Tuesday.

HUMBOLDT, Iowa (AP) — A city councilman in northern Iowa has been charged with drunken driving. Humboldt County court records say 40-year-old Matthew Dominick, of Humboldt, was charged after being arrested Thursday. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

Police say Dominick’s vehicle struck a parked car in Humboldt and overturned before coming to rest on its top. The sheriff’s office says Dominick’s blood alcohol content register nearly twice the legal limit. Dominick was Humboldt’s chief of police from April 2008 to December 2009.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A new study says that, even after investing $37 million in a new commercial airline terminal, Dubuque Regional Airport likely will need more room and facilities to handle increased general aviation traffic and larger regional jets. The Telegraph Herald reports that the study comes as airport officials plan expansion and construction needs for the next 20 years. It says the airport has run out of hangar space, and the Federal Aviation Administration is projecting growth in private business flights.

Todd Dalsing will become the airport director this week, and he says the old airport terminal is being razed to make space for new hangars. The Coffman Associates study says continued growth in the University of Dubuque’s aviation program also will put pressure on the airport. The university plans to add six aircraft by the end of next year.

Creston Police says two men were arrested on separate charges over the weekend. Saturday night, 48-year old Michael Williams, of Creston, was arrested at his residence for Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding the flow of air and/or blood. Williams was being held in the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond. And, late Sunday morning, 29-year old Carlos Gutierrez, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. He was later released on a $300 bond.

Firefighters from Adair and Casey responded to a house fire at around 1:17-a.m. Saturday, in Adair. Crews were able to knock down the flames and save the house in a matter of minutes due to a quick response. There were no injuries and a post from the Adair Fire Dept. says the property was saved. No other details are currently available.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 23-year-old Sioux City man has been charged with murder 15 months after the death of his girlfriend’s child. Woodbury County court records say Tayvon Davis is charged with first-degree murder, child endangerment resulting in death and multiple acts of child endangerment. Davis was being in jail held pending $1 million bail. He surrendered on Friday.

The records say Davis was living with his girlfriend from July 1 through Aug. 22 last year and frequently provided child care for her daughter. He took the little girl to a local hospital on Aug. 22, and she was transferred to an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital. The records say she was 19 months old when she died on Aug. 25, 2018.

An autopsy showed the girl had several blunt force injuries to her head and a kidney and had suffered fractures to her vertebrae and ribs.