DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate has sent its property tax bill to the Iowa House with bipartisan support on Wednesday. Iowa Capital Dispatch reports a 41-4 vote on Senate File 2472 sends that measure further into negotiations with other lawmakers and Governor Kim Reynolds, who outlined property tax relief as her top priority this legislative session. The Senate version changes, but does not eliminate, the state’s current rollback system, boosts the Homestead credit to 50%, and makes other changes.

DES MOINES – A report from AAA indicates gas prices in Iowa continue to trend upward. WHO-13 reports the average gallon of gasoline in the state was $3.64 on Wednesday, up 21 cents from last week and 56 from this time in 2025. Diesel prices jumped to $5.10 in the latest weekly update.

DAVENPORT – A Muscatine man was sentenced this week to 15 years in federal prison for transportation of child pornography. According to public court documents, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received CyberTips that an account, later determined to be associated with 45-year-old Clay Dereck Calkins, received and uploaded files containing child sexual abuse material. Law enforcement seized Calkin’s phone during a March 2023 search at his Muscatine residence. After completing his term of imprisonment, Calkins will be required to serve an eight-year term of supervised release.