“‘We’re not just losing an abortion access provider,’ she said. ‘We’ve lost a whole reproductive health provider because there are forces in this state that are trying to make it every other state’s problem when people need reasonable access to legal abortions. Iowa City loses OB/GYNs and loses reproductive health care. I lost my reproductive healthcare, and I am not alone.’”

“When debating the bill to ban guaranteed income before it had a chance to be tested, some of my colleagues claimed people would stop working. Not only do the UpLift pilot results prove them wrong, but the results show an unfortunately harsh reality: getting and keeping a good job costs money.“

“Democratic state Reps. Austin Baeth, of Des Moines, and Elinor Levin, of Iowa City, address the governor's water quality proposal, highlighting the need for comprehensive, multiyear action to address Iowa's severe water pollution.”

“Our waters are impaired, but our majority leaders want to stop looking, stop monitoring, and stop protecting us. Our well levels are dropping, but water use permits are still under consideration that would send Iowa water out of state. And Iowans, so, so many Iowans, are sick. Young people being diagnosed with cancer flood our social circles. Autoimmune disease. Complications in pregnancies. Stories every week from and about our friends and neighbors.”

“Homeless service providers are doing intensely difficult work across our state,” Levin said. “They are serving individuals at all different points of life and facing all different kinds of challenges, and they do so with compassion, and they do so with an eye to what works… This bill reflects an approach to… homeless services that led to rising rates of homelessness in the 1990s, not reduced rates.”

Programs such as the Johnson County Community ID have operated for years, serving immigrants, domestic violence survivors and others who may lack state-issued identification… Levin said. “I have received dozens of positive stories from law enforcement, from social services, from local businesses and from community members about how impactful this program has been.”

“As an Iowa House representative, Levin plans to strengthen public unions and public school funding, support common sense gun laws, and help create infrastructure that will lead to reliable, high speed Internet service and renewable energy across Iowa.

Levin also supports sustainable farming programs and universal access to all healthcare for all individuals. “

“Meet the Candidates is a program produced by the City of Iowa City Cable TV Office and is intended to provide you with a brief introduction to local candidates currently seeking election.“

“Residents of House district 89 will certainly elect an LGBTQ representative, since both Democrats… are out, and no Republican qualified for the ballot here.

The last Jewish person to serve in the Iowa legislature was Ralph Rosenberg, a member of the House during the 1980s and the Senate through 1994. At least three Jewish candidates are running this year: Elinor Levin in House district 89…“

“I have been waiting for this opportunity for a while because this is really what I want to be doing," she said. "This is what I want to be doing every day. I want to be paying attention to legislation, opportunities and to expert testimony and to the ideas that creative people are bringing to our community and to our state.”

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“A group of Iowans held a state wide discussion about what they believe are discriminatory laws”

“Throw your support behind the South District Self Supported Municipal Improvement District. Tell the property owners and businesses that you want to see what happens when a small portion of their resources are pooled and put into use by folks who love this place, and want to see it bloom.“