Republican leaders in the Iowa legislature say they’ll keep an open mind as they wait for more details of the governor’s tax package. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds used the annual “Condition of the State” address yesterday to propose deeper state income tax cuts as well as an increase in the state sales tax to finance mental health care services and more water quality projects.

Reynolds says the state does not charge the sales tax on food and prescription medications and she’s calling on legislators to erase the sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products as another way to reduce the tax burden for low-income Iowans.