Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Republican power couple who work in Iowa’s executive branch are facing scrutiny after moonlighting as agents of Saudi Arabia to oppose a new law allowing victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to sue the kingdom. Kim and Connie Schmett registered as foreign agents and received $101,500 for work in which they recruited veterans to lobby against the law. Connie Schmett says it was an oversight that she failed to list her consulting on an income disclosure for Iowa officials.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An official says the state will utilize a range of options to address an additional $60 million it plans to spend for private insurance companies to keep running the state’s Medicaid program. Iowa Department of Human Services spokesman Matt Highland says the agency will pay the insurance companies nearly $20 million directly for so-called capitation rates that are distributed on behalf of each Medicaid patient. The remaining money will come by carving out other expenses and internal savings.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A 30-year-old Cedar Rapids man has pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Iowa says Craig Watters entered the plea Wednesday in Cedar Rapids’ federal court. At the hearing, Watters said that he knowingly distributed child pornography in 2014 and that he had been convicted of receiving child porn in 2009.

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — DowDuPont has announced it’s seeking a buyer for its 30-million gallon, $225 million cellulosic ethanol plant in central Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports that DowDuPont has shuttered operations at the Nevada, Iowa, plant and cut 90 workers. The cellulosic ethanol plant, which opened in 2015, is considered the next generation in renewable fuel production. It uses corncobs, husks and stalks to produce the biofuel. A skeleton crew will maintain the plant until a new buyer is found.