There's a debate among economists about how the American economy will respond to the injection of $1.9 trillion from the new pandemic relief package. Republicans in the Iowa Senate have advanced a tax plan that would remove the revenue thresholds for income tax cuts to kick in, and phase out the inheritance tax. IPR State Government reporter Katarina Sostaric explains that this week’s revenue update and the latest federal pandemic relief package could change that plan. Plus, the people of Marshalltown were still recovering from a destructive tornado when they were hit with the COVID-19 pandemic and the derecho. IPR’s Kassidy Arena checks in with them a year into the pandemic.