 In 2023, Reynolds signed a bill into law that said 14- and 15-year-olds could work until 9 p.m. during the school year in Iowa and until 11 p.m. in the summertime. Smithfield Foods announced this week that it's closing its Altoona ham boning facility at the end of August to consolidate production at other locations. The Altoona plant has 314 employees.