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Tucker warns COVID restrictions may mean permanent closures: 'This is absolutely about survival'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 6, 2020

Franklin County activist Karen Tucker is electing to remain focused on the big picture when it comes to Democrats now joining Republicans in pushing Gov. J.B. Pritzker to justify some of his latest COVID-19 restrictions.

Tucker slams Pritzker's latest COVID-19 shutdowns: 'The governor is only making it tougher on everybody'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 2, 2020

Franklin County conservative activist Karen Tucker is urging more small business owners faced with the prospect of more shutdown measures to take a stand against Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Tucker blasts governor's progressive plan: 'It’s ... a death wish when it comes to our small businesses'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 30, 2020

Conservative Karen Tucker wonders how much more Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker thinks small business owners can take.

Tucker urges voters to reject governor's tax plan: 'With him, it’s all about power'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 21, 2020

Franklin County conservative activist Karen Tucker laments one doesn’t have to look far to see the impact Illinois’ runaway tax system is having on the struggling state.

Tucker isn't surprised by Madigan's defiance: 'He's gotten away with so much for so long'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 12, 2020

Franklin County activist Karen Tucker has arrived at a harsh reality when it comes to what she thinks it will take for House Speaker Mike Madigan to pay for the offenses she thinks he has long perpetrated on the people of Illinois.

Tucker blasts governor as he resorts to threats on tax hike: 'Typical bully tactics'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 4, 2020

Franklin County Republican activist Karen Tucker hopes voters have grown as tired of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Springfield act as she has.

Tucker blasts governor for moving the goalposts on resuming sports: 'Kids should be allowed to get back to playing'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 25, 2020

Karen Tucker laments Gov. J.B. Pritzker keeps moving the goalposts in the state’s battle to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tucker hopes embattled House speaker 'would actually listen' to protesters calling for him to go

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 19, 2020

Franklin County activist Karen Tucker is hoping House Speaker Mike Madigan can take a hint.

Tucker skeptical House speaker will meet justice: 'He may never pay for all the damage done to Springfield'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 11, 2020

Conservative activist Karen Tucker wonders if state House Speaker Mike Madigan will ever be required to pay for what she sees as his sins on Springfield.

Tucker has a simple formula for Springfield ethics reform: 'Mike Madigan needs to go'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 5, 2020

The depths of the corruption now plaguing Springfield Democrats come as no great surprise to Franklin County conservative activist Karen Tucker.

Tucker argues Springfield Democrats can't be trusted when it comes to who would pay more under 'fair tax'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 30, 2020

In another time, Franklin County Republican activist Karen Tucker concedes she might have been willing to at least consider Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax proposal.

Tucker is quick to label Democrats' sudden push for ethics reform as 'just pandering to the people'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 22, 2020

Franklin County activist Karen Tucker doesn’t mince words when it comes to explaining her lack of a faith in an ethics reform package now being advanced by Democrats in Springfield.

Tucker scolds governor's latest plans for COVID-19 fines: 'You can't run government by just doing what you want'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 11, 2020

Franklin County activist Karen Tucker has grown weary of what she sees as Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s maddening pattern of dealing with COVID-19.

Tucker speaks out against COVID-19 mandates: 'Pritzker wanting to be King of the Hill ... hasn’t helped'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 5, 2020

Franklin County activist Karen Tucker has come to her own conclusions about the lingering coronaviirus.

Tucker isn't surprised by latest allegations against House speaker: 'Springfield is corrupt to the core'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 31, 2020

Franklin County Republican activist Karen Tucker wants to know why more Democratic lawmakers aren’t demanding greater accountability from House Speaker Mike Madigan.

Republican Tucker not surprised by Madigan allegations: 'He’s been corrupt for as long as he’s been in power'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 19, 2020

In Karen Tucker’s mind, federal investigators now moving to implicate longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan in an ongoing corruption investigation are about four decades too late.

GOP activist Tucker blasts governor's COVID-19 policy, noting 'these businesses have paid a heavy toll'

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 16, 2020

Franklin County activist Karen Tucker laments she’s seen the impact of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic up close and personal.

Franklin County eyes warrant while Williamson County furloughs staff to cope with COVID-19's economic impact

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 20, 2020

Franklin County officials are considering a proposed tax anticipation warrant as a way of making up for some of the revenues lost to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Southern Illinois counties weigh approaches to handle funding shortfalls due to pandemic

By Glenn Minnis | May 26, 2020

Franklin County officials are desperately looking for ways to offset reduced spending and declining tax revenues in the wake of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

City of Mt. Vernon to participate in Downstate Small Business Stabilization Program

By Glenn Minnis | May 18, 2020

Businesses in Mt. Vernon impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic are now eligible for working capital grants of up to $25,000 through the Downstate Small Business Stabilization Program.

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