On this week’s TribCast, Ross talks to Ayan, Alexa and Jay about high-level changes at the state’s alcohol regulator, the redistricting trials underway in San Antonio and the special session that starts next Tuesday.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
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New executive director picked for troubled Texas liquor agency
A lawyer with a lengthy military background has been tapped to clean up the embattled Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which has been dogged by controversies and high-level departures in recent months.
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Acting director of Texas liquor agency abruptly quits
He had only been in the job for a few weeks, but the interim director of the troubled Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is out. Ed Swedberg abruptly quit Friday after saying he did not want to participate in the termination of another high-ranking official at TABC.
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State Government
Trump administration says Texas’ new voter ID law checks all the boxes (video)
The U.S. Department of Justice argued in a legal filing Thursday that courts should drop any further action over the old version of Texas’ voter ID law. That story tops the Texas Political Roundup.
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Two more liquor regulators leaving troubled TABC
Two fresh departures from the troubled Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, announced Thursday, bring to five the number of high-level officials calling it quits since The Texas Tribune began publishing a series of stories about lavish spending, mismanagement and regulatory overreach at TABC.
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New Yorker on Texas, TABC troubles, “perverted little tarts” (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Jay and Jim about Speaker Joe Straus’ “bathroom bill” comments in the New Yorker, the TABC’s war with Spec’s and a top lobbyist’s eight-year-old comments on young women drinking at Baylor.
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Embattled Texas liquor agency announces third high-level departure
A shake-up continues at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission with the resignation of TABC General Counsel Emily Helm, the third top official to leave the agency in recent months.
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State Government
Texas liquor agency rebuked after investigation of Spec’s
After a three-year probe, state liquor regulators asked an administrative court to cancel every permit held by Spec’s, the state’s largest liquor retailer, or fine it more than $700 million. Instead, the judges recommended nothing but a warning.
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TABC commissioner nominee appears before Texas Senate panel
Kevin Lilly is one step closer to becoming a commissioner at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission — an embattled state agency that’s been in the Legislature’s crosshairs over controversial spending practices in recent months.
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Transportation
Bathrooms and ride-hailing cross paths in the Texas Legislature (video)
House Republicans successfully added gender-defining language to a bill that would regulate companies like Uber and Lyft. That’s among the news in this week’s Texas Political Roundup.
