Colin Campbell, News & Observer – The N.C. ABC Commission has given a 10-year contract extension to the warehouse vendor that was the subject of a scathing 2018 report from State Auditor Beth Wood. The new contract for warehouse services with LB&B Associates will cause the state’s “bailment” fee that pays for warehouse operations to nearly double, although for consumers that equates to only a 20-cent price increase per bottle of liquor.

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