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Also, House passes bills protecting black bears and limiting defamation lawsuits.

Also, the House passed bills protecting black bears and limiting defamation lawsuits.

Gov. Kim Reynolds and other supporters described the malpractice cap as a lifeline for rural medical providers facing rising insurance rates.

A bill capping noneconomic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is headed for Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk after passing both chambers of the Iowa Legislature on Wednesday.

Cash awards for pain, suffering and other non-economic complications from medical malpractice lawsuits likely will be capped at $2 million for hospitals and $1 million for doctors.

Most Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate voted to send a bill to the governor’s desk Wednesday that would limit how much money victims of medical malpractice could get for non-economic injuries like pain and suffering.

The people of color serving in the Iowa legislature will include some Republicans for the first time since the 1960s.

The Iowa legislature will include more people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and those adhering to non-Christian faith traditions.

The Iowa legislature will include more people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and those adhering to non-Christian faith traditions.

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