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Christopher Vondracek

cvondracek@washingtontimes.com

Christopher Vondracek was a reporter on The Washington Times' National desk.

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In this image provided by Karen Pulfer Focht, Doug Ketchum and his wife Mary pose with their daughter Stacie as their Memphis liquor store, Kimbrough Wine & Spirits. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a dispute over Tennessee’s residency requirements for liquor store owners. Doug and Mary Ketchum moved from Utah to Memphis and say Tennessee makes it almost impossible for someone to break into the liquor business from out of state. (Karen Pulfer Focht)

Supreme Court hears case Tennessee, Total Wine & More case

The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over a Tennessee law requiring liquor store owners to reside in the state for at least two years, prompting one justice to ask a big box store challenging the law if it aims to become the "Amazon of liquor."

January 16, 2019
The partial federal government shutdown isn't sitting well in Indian country, where employees of the Indian Health Service and other agencies are not getting paid and tribes are getting little information from Washington. (Associated Press/File)

Shutdown frustrates Indian tribes with federal guarantees

Federal employees being forced to work without pay is having an outsized impact on Eagle Butte, South Dakota, which is the seat of government for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on their reservation west of the Missouri River and has a population of about 1,300 according to the 2010 census.

January 14, 2019