(Radio Iowa) – Legislators have voted to erase income taxes on the one-thousand dollar bonuses Governor Reynolds distributed to teachers and police out of federal pandemic funds. The bill also erases sales taxes on certain feminine products, as well as diapers for babies and adults. Senator Janet Petersen, a Democrat from Des Moines, says these are costly items and getting rid of the sales tax on these purchases makes sense.

“Iowans should be grateful to see at least one promising thing in the tax package that really will impact people’s pocketbook,” Petersen said. A ban on private donations to state and county election offices was included one of the final bills to pass the legislature. The move came after Republicans, nationally, raised objections to private grants from Facebook C-E-O Mark Zuckerberg and his wife that helped buy voting equipment and pay staff for the 2020 election.