Rantoul officials unaware of lobbyist funds

RANTOUL – The village spent $8,000 on a lobbyist even though the expenditure was not included in the village budget and was not approved by the village board.

All six members of the village board told The News-Gazette they didn't even know taxpayer money was spent to hire the lobbyist.

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