Four years after Virginia transitioned its Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control into an authority in an effort to make the state agency run more like a business, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says ABC isn’t generating the additional funding for Virginia as originally intended. Administration officials told ABC’s Board of Directors last week the authority’s profits and contributions to state coffers have declined in recent years while operating costs have increased 5 million since 2017. Virginia Chief Transformation Officer Eric Moeller said ABC’s contributions have declined from a peak of 9 million in 2021 to 7 million in 2022 and 1...Article LinkSupport the show