DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Senate committee has approved tax breaks that reward green energy, charitable food donations and preserving historical sites. The Senate Ways and Means Committee passed multiple tax break bills Wednesday. These now move before the full Senate.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — House lawmakers are backing legislation that would make it easier for livestock producers to downsize. Legislation passed the House 83-16 yesterday that would allow some livestock producers to close barns and be reclassified as small operations. Then they no would longer need to file plans for manure disposal with the state.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An additional man faces a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a former women’s basketball standout from Cedar Rapids. Yasin Muhidin appeared Sunday in Linn County Court in connection with 19-year-old Latasha Roundtree’s death. He faces several charges, including first-degree murder and intimidation with a dangerous weapon.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa nursing student hit by a campus bus in 2011 has filed a lawsuit against the bus driver, the school and the state. Cedar Rapids station KCRG reports Rebecca Segriff is seeking compensation for physical, emotional and mental pain caused by the accident involving a Cambus. Court documents filed in Johnson County do not specify how much compensation she is seeking.