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The Quad-City Times is a daily morning newspaper based in Davenport, Iowa, and circulated throughout the Quad Cities metropolitan area (Davenport, Bettendorf and Scott County in Iowa; and Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Rock Island County in Illinois).

The Quad Cities is a region of four counties in northwest Illinois and Southeastern Iowa.

The urban core consists of four principal cities: Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline in Illinois.

These cities are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which as of 2013 had a population estimate of 383,781 and a CSA (Combined Statistical Area) population of 474,937, making it the 90th largest CSA in the nation.

Bettendorf is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States.

Bettendorf is the fifteenth largest city in the U.S. state of Iowa and the fourth largest city in the "Quad Cities".

It is part of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The population was 33,217 at the 2010 census, and was estimated to be 35,505 by July 2015.

Bettendorf is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring Davenport and the Illinois cities of Moline, East Moline and Rock Island.

The Quad Cities has a population estimate of 382,630.

In 2011, Bettendorf was named U.S. 95th Best Town by CNNMoney.

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri River and the Big Sioux River on the west.

Surrounding states include Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Minnesota to the north.

Illinois is a state in the midwestern region of the United States, achieving statehood in 1818.

It is the 6th most populous state and 25th largest state in terms of land area, and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country.

The word "Illinois" comes from a French rendering of a native Algonquin word.

With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base and is a major transportation hub.

The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois Waterway.

For decades, O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports.

Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics.