Carbon capture pipeline companies would need to reach voluntary deals to buy 90% of the land on their route before they could seek to use eminent domain, under a bill passed Wednesday by the Iowa House.

The bill's House passage is a big step forward for opponents of the pipelines, who are worried they could be forced to sell their land to the companies if the state grants them eminent domain powers.

By a narrow margin, a plurality of Iowans favor a new $2 million limit on damages for pain and suffering in major medical malpractice cases, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. 

Forty-seven percent of Iowans support the law, while 44% are opposed. Another 10% are not sure. 

Iowa Democrats and Republicans are both calling for increased access to birth control in Iowa.

A plurality of Iowans approve of the job the Iowa Legislature is doing as Republicans enjoy their largest Statehouse majorities in decades. 

The legislature is sending Governor Kim Reynolds a bill setting up a state process so small Iowa hospitals may be licensed as a Rural Emergency Hospital.