As they’ve watched Virginia’s brewery and wine industries boom, craft distillers have begun to feel the state is unfairly harsh on businesses that make the stronger stuff.
In Idaho, the state controls how many liquor licenses are available and only releases new ones when populations rise enough to warrant. While entrepreneurs say a skyrocketing secondhand market for licenses stifles new local businesses, state officials say their hands are tied until sweeping reform happens.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a town-hall-style meeting of parents and community leaders at the Bear Creek School in Elizabethtown, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) today unveiled a new public awareness campaign designed to spark conversations about alcohol use between parents and their elementary to middle-school-aged children.
(CNN)Vermont, the "Green Mountain State," has become the first state to legalize marijuana by passing a law in the legislature rather than by use of a ballot measure.
Gov. Phil Scott signed H. 511 into law "with mixed emotions" Monday night, allowing for the possession of recreational marijuana.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lawmakers are again considering lowering the drinking age in New Hampshire.
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is holding a public hearing Tuesday on a bill that would lower the legal age for alcohol possession from 21 to 20.
HELENA -- After a change to state law during the 2017 special legislative session, the state Department of Revenue is opening bidding for the first competitive alcohol licenses.
RICHMOND – The unstable nature of relying on tips to make a living is reflected in the paychecks of restaurant servers like Connor Rhodes, who has been serving Richmond’s restaurant goers for four years and says it’s not unusual for his paycheck to be zero dollars.
A bill in the West Virginia legislature would allow police to enter private clubs and bars that are open to the public.
Currently, officers are unsure whether they can enter private clubs and bars without a West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner officer or a warrant, according to Delegate Barbara Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, the lead sponsor of House Bill 2129.
On January 17th historian Brian Shovers presented to the public “Seventy-five and Counting: The Origins and Evolution of the Montana Micro-Brewery Industry” at the Montana Historical Society.
IOWA - Cameras on ignition interlock systems used by those convicted of drunken driving may begin to appear on dashboards as soon as July.
The goal of adding cameras is to deter restricted drivers from using other people to take the breath test needed to start the engine of their vehicle.