CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Department of Human Resources' Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) and the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration (WVABCA) are partnering to help students succeed this back-to-school season with prevention programming and messages about alcohol and substance use.
The Division of Liquor Control awarded $58,100 to three nonprofit organizations to enhance and expand activities related to raising awareness about alcohol-related harms for the public or education efforts for vulnerable groups, including those under the legal drinking age of 21.
State police and local law enforcement agencies are teaming up to crack down on underage drinking and other alcohol-related crimes around college campuses in several counties across Pennsylvania.
In "Alabama Song," Jim Morrison and The Doors asked to be shown the way to the next whiskey bar. Now, if he found it, the bar's insurance premiums and possible liability are likely to be reduced thanks to recent changes to dram shop liability law in Alabama.
SALT LAKE CITY -- A citizen ballot initiative has been filed, seeking to loosen Utah's tight grip on alcohol policy and put wine and spirits in grocery and convenience stores.
The "Citizens' Initiative to Amend and Modify Title 32B," would significantly change how liquor is sold and taxed in Utah.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WXIX) - Ohio legislatures introduced a new bill Tuesday that will revise the alcohol franchise law to create a more even playing field for craft brewers.
On July 18, 2023, Oregon's Governor signed Senate Bill 619 which enacts Oregon's comprehensive consumer data privacy statute. Oregon joins California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia in enacting a comprehensive consumer privacy law.
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Governor Henry McMaster was recently joined by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) National President Tess Rowland, law enforcement officers, and members of the General Assembly for a ceremonial bill signing of S. 36, the Ignition Interlock bill.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has issued a recall for a batch of cannabis flower that tested positive for arsenic in January.
The strain Blueberry Muffin, produced by Bend Cannabis Company, was first harvested in December 2022 and last sold on June 23, 2023.
One small booze tax break, one giant step for North Carolina's liquor laws and … space whiskey? Yes, it's true, a bill re-tuning North Carolina's ABC laws was proposed in late June. This bill brought up potential Sunday liquor sales, happy hours and impending tax breaks to any distillers looking to age their whiskey in space, according to local news outlet WRAL News.