Commissioners Kim Lowe of Kearney and Bruce Bailey of Lincoln of the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. May 29, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Liquor Control Commission suspended its executive director, Hobert “Hobie” Rupe, without pay Thursday after a federal search warrant was served on the commission a day before.
The now two-member commission met for less than 3 minutes. Commissioner Bruce Bailey of Lincoln, the commission chair, said the search warrant came based on “a joint federal-state investigation into alleged criminal conduct.”…