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31st District

District Office: 2525 W. 79th Street Chicago, IL 60652 ( 773 ) 471 - 5200 Map/Driving Directions
Springfield Office: 251-E Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 ( 217 ) 782 - 1130 Map/Driving Directions Email: maryeflowers@ilga.gov
Years Served
January 1985 - Present
Committee Assignment
Health Care Availability Access (Chairperson); Higher Education; Human Services; Accountability & Administrative Rev; Health & Healthcare Disparities; Museums, Arts, & Cultural Enhanceme; Restorative Justice.
Biography
Full-time state legislator; born July 31, 1951, in Inverness, MS; attended Kennedy King Community College; University of Illinois-Chicago Circle; received 1993 "Legislator of the Year" award from Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association; married (husband, Daniel Coutee), has one daughter (Makeda).
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