State Rep. Chynah Tyler to pay $6K after spending campaign funds on personal uses, including takeout, salon visit

According to public records, the charges included $223 at a hair-braiding salon, various Uber Eats deliveries, and $100 for a AAA membership.

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A Roxbury lawmaker has agreed to pay the state $6,000 after she spent several thousand dollars in campaign funds last year on personal expenses that ranged from Dunkin’ orders to a salon visit, according to campaign finance regulators.

The Office of Campaign and Political Finance faulted Democratic state Rep. Chynah Tyler for spending about $5,664 in campaign money for her personal use, a Jan. 5 disposition agreement shows. The lawmaker already reimbursed her campaign an additional $827 in “erroneous personal expenditures,” according to the agreement…

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