The Iowa legislature made a few final decisions on a more than eight BILLION dollar state budget plan and voted to prohibit cities, counties and schools from having mask mandates, then adjourned the 2021 session shortly before midnight.

Several high-profile bills failed to pass the legislature this year, including the governor’s proposed Iowa renewable fuels standard. Reynolds says she’ll ask representatives of gasoline retailers and the biofuels industry to negotiate over the summer and fall and find a compromise that boosts the use of ethanol and biodiesel.