Letters to the Editor

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. PRIORITIZING VACCINES My daughter texted me with the news that people over the age of 75 are in the next group to receive the COVID vaccine, and I fall into this category. However, I am […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —- DON’T SUBSIDZE SOLAR Very well-written article by Jerry Nowicki (“Renewable energy faces a funding cliff,” Dec. 10). Here is the problem with the current funding solution. As you drive around Springfield, you will see […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —- MISSED OPPORTUNITY I think people would have preferred to see the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency move downtown, 700 jobs would be a big boost. Be that as it may, the state paid a lot […]

ASSIST THE BUSINESSES Where is the federal relief for businesses? As COVID-19 sweeps across the country, tens of thousands of businesses may close permanently. Millions of Americans are unemployed and many may not get their jobs back. It is a disaster that may haunt America for years. Much of this disaster could have been avoided […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —- GOOD RIDDANCE What a garish, inelegant eyesore (“Good riddance: Is Nevada final stop for statue?” Nov. 19). Such a great world-class museum and we got this undignified thing front and center. Nevada – great […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —- SUPPORT ACCESS TO ABORTION As are most things in life, the matter of abortion is complex and multilayered (“Abortion haven: Illinois before and after Roe V. Wade,” Nov. 12). I resolutely affirm that women […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —- PRISONERS NEED BETTER HEALTH CARE Prison health care is a powder keg that will soon explode (“Prison health care still bad,” Nov. 5). As a volunteer in our state’s prisons, I can tell you […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —- FIRST-TIME VOTER I’m 57 and I have never voted. This year, I voted for the first time in honor of the women who 100 years ago fought to give women this right (“Century of […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —- SUPPORT SOLAR The renewable energy industry is already reeling from the pandemic and the renewable energy budget crisis. Now, Ameren Illinois is trying to deal the final blow to solar businesses in central and […]

VOTE EARLY If you are still giving thought on how to cast your vote this year, perhaps you might consider voting early in-person at the Sangamon County building. From now through Nov. 2, you can cast your ballot there. Sangamon County Clerk Don Gray, along with his polite and helpful staff, have made the experience […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —- AN INMATE SPEAKS OUT Adding to the list of things terrible about 2020, for the first time in my life, I spent three long and miserable weeks at the Sangamon County Jail. Having read […]