🍺 TABC chief resigns, NFL lawsuit, Easter at the White House: Your Tuesday morning roundup

Here are the top headlines of the morning. [Here are the top headlines of the morning.] [Home Depot](  [Dallas News](  Morning Roundup [DallasNews.com Â]( April 18, 2017 By [Dennis Jansen]( Good morning! 🌥️ Weather: [A mix of clouds and sun](. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 82°. 🔎 Prefer the online view? [It's here](. TABC TABC chief to step down after using public funds to attend liquor industry conferences The executive director of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is stepping down after liquor regulators [used taxpayer dollars to attend alcohol industry conferences](. The revelations came after the leak of an internal flier portraying Cook and other agency leaders in an airplane drinking bottles of Lone Star Beer ahead of a conference in California. The caption of the flier reads "Here we come California! Woo Hoo!!!" TABC characterized Cook's departure as a retirement. Texas voter ID changes: The Texas House Elections Committee on Monday approved a bill that would make court-ordered [changes to the state's controversial voter identification law](, moving the proposal to the House floor under the looming specter of federal action. Another policy change: The Maypearl Independent School District is changing the curriculum for one of its classes after a video surfaced showing [a junior high student killing a rabbit for a class assignment](. Former NFL player Rickey Dixon gets help sitting up from his wife, Lorraine, as he rests in bed at their home in Red Oak, south of Dallas. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) NFL brain injury class-action becomes mired in attorney fee battle After the NFL reached a historic settlement to pay $1 billion to about 20,000 injured players, another legal battle began. Dozens of [ex-NFL players are now fighting their lawyers]( over what they see as excessive attorney fees. The players say that their lawyers are taking money that should go to their medical care and families. The lawyers say that they deserve the money for all the work and time they have spent on individual cases. Downsizing: American Airlines is [ending its partnership to operate charter flights for six NFL teams](, but the Fort Worth-based carrier will still make room in its fleet for the Dallas Cowboys and two other teams. And: [United Airlines' profit took a 69 percent nosedive]( before the dragging incident circulated. First lady Melania Trump, joined by President Donald Trump and the Easter Bunny, speaks on the Truman Balcony during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April,17, 2017. (Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press) Easter eggs and nuclear warnings Monday was [another busy day for the White House](. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted their first White House Easter Egg Roll while Vice President Mike Pence put North Korea on nuclear notice. Trump's agenda also got another setback as Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin predicted that rewriting the nation's federal tax code will take longer than expected. Just an act? Alex Jones, the Austin-based radio host behind Infowars.com, [is locked in a custody battle with his former wife](, whom he divorced in 2015 and currently pays $43,000 a month. Kelly Jones alleges that her ex-husband is subjecting their three children to an incendiary upbringing, while Alex Jones' attorneys insist that the on-air persona is just an act. (Elise Amendola/The Associated Press) Photo of the morning Jose Sanchez [carries the United States flag across the finish line]( at the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday. Sanchez is a retired San Antonio Marine who lost his leg in Afghanistan. He carried the flag, which had been signed by fellow Marines, most of the 26.2 miles. Crime roundup - Missy Bevers: A year later, police are [still trying to solve a fitness instructor's slaying]( at Midlothian church. - Pilot arrested: A Southwest pilot was arrested [after TSA finds a loaded handgun]( in his carry-on bag. - Child abuse: Plano police have issued an arrest warrant for a day care worker caught on video [slamming a toddler facedown]( to get him to nap. - Hit-and-run: A [5-year-old girl was hit by a SUV]( while riding her scooter in Fort Worth last week. - A discovery: An Arlington [mother found shot to death]( by her young son Friday was pregnant, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner. - An unusual endorsement: A Utah judge recently stunned courtroom onlookers by [calling a rapist and former Mormon bishop "a good man"]( as he sent him to prison. Finally, A remembrance: Mary Elizabeth Woodward Pillsworth, a former Dallas Morning News editor [who witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy](, died last Tuesday. 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