Rep.
Annazette Collins
(D-Chicago)
10th District
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N. Pulaski
Chicago, IL 60624
(773) 533-0010
(773) 533-1971
262-W Stratton Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8077
(217) 557-7643 (fax)
E-mail: collinsar@ilga.gov|
"I pledge to be an advocate for the children and working families of the 10th District. I want to work within the system to bring about changes that benefit those who have been left behind." -Annazette Collins |
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Biography Annazette Collins is currently in her sixth term as State Representative
for the 10th Representative District. The 10th District is located on
Chicago's West Side, bordered roughly by Kostner Avenue (west), Ashland Avenue (east), Dickens Avenue (north), and the Eisenhower Expressway (south). Representative
Collins is committed to serving the working families of the 10th District.
Her legislative priorities include improving the quality of education
in the City of Chicago, expanding access to quality health care, working
to raise the age of majority for juveniles and to reform the juvenile justice system.
On education, Collins has pledged to support measures that increase
funding to city schools. She will work to insure that students in her
district have access to safe and disciplined learning environments.
An advocate for affordable health care, Collins co-sponsored the Family
Care initiative, which would provide health insurance to the working parents
of KidCare-eligible children. Collins also believes that HMO's should
be held accountable to the public. That's why she fought for legislation
that would allow patients to sue HMO's for harmful or delayed medical
decisions.
Collins is the chief sponsor of adoption reform legislation that allows
godparents and second cousins to adopt children in the custody of DCFS.
She continues to support similar measures that will move children out
of state custody and into healthy family environments.
Representative Collins received her bachelor's degree in sociology from
Chicago State University. She received an M.S. in Criminal Justice and
has completed further graduate work in counseling from Chicago State University.
Representative Collins lives on Chicago's West Side with her husband
Keith Langston and daughters Angelique Nicole and Taylor Kourtnie.
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