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.

Majorities of Iowans favor cutting property taxes and gradually eliminating the state’s individual income tax, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll. 

Fifty-eight percent of Iowans say they favor initiatives to “cut property taxes, limiting what local governments could spend on services.” Thirty-four percent are opposed and 8% are not sure.