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Ex-Illinois state senator indicted on federal tax charges

CHICAGO (AP) – A former Illinois state senator is facing federal tax charges alleging she underreported income from her lobbying and consulting firm and failed to file federal income tax returns. Annazette Collins was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The 58-year-old Collins is accused of willfully filing false individual tax returns for 2014 and 2015 and failed to file an individual tax return for 2016. She is also accused of failing to file 2015 and 2016 tax returns for her consulting and lobbying business, Chicago-based Kourtnie Nicole Corp. Collins has declined to comment on the charges. Collins left the Senate in 2013 after losing a primary race the year before.