Despite an outpouring of support from Montana craft beer brewers, including those hailing from the Flathead Valley’s burgeoning roster of small local watering holes, a proposal to extend their hours of operation past the state-mandated 8 p.m. was tabled in committee last week.
HELENA – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) hosted a unique educational event called a “wet lab’ at the capitol on Monday.
The Idaho Statesman reports that the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday voted to hold onto the bill rather than send it to the full Senate.
The committee wants the bill’s sponsor, Republican Jim Rice of Caldwell, to work with various interested partied on a compromise bill.
Apparently, Utah has the lowest alcohol consumption per capita in the country, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
RALEIGH — The North Carolina legislature is weighing anew whether changing how liquor sales have been regulated for decades is worth boosting the number of retail outlets selling spirits with what critics call the risks of increased alcohol consumption.
New Hampshire’s craft beer industry is brewing some big numbers. Newly released data shows the number of craft breweries in the state has jumped by 33 percent since 2015.
Some liquor license-holders in Kootenai County and throughout the state are lining up, along with Sheriff Ben Wolfinger, to oppose a comprehensive liquor license reform bill proposed by Sen. Jim Rice, R-Caldwell.
A petition has garnered thousands of signatures to stop a ban on bringing alcoholic drinks to parts of three Michigan rivers. Huron-Manistee National Forests said it wants to protect the rivers and address safety concerns with this new order.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal to raise low alcohol limits for beer sold at Utah grocery stores has cleared its first hurdle.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill that would create the possibility of Oregon exporting marijuana to adjacent states where cannabis is also legal had its first public hearing Thursday, where advocates said it would give Oregon a way to relieve its oversupply and grow its brand.