ALBANY, New York - Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to potentially end the state's minimum wage tip credit could cause food service workers to lose money and restaurants to cut jobs and even close — hurting those the proposal is intended to help, employees and restaurant owners say.
Texas craft beer distributors received an early Christmas present in 2017. On December 15, 2017, the Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District, at Austin issued an opinion in Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission v. Live Oak Brewing Co., et al. (NO. 03-16-00786-CV) in which the court overturned a lower court’s determination that a statute prohibiting self-distributing brewers from selling the distribution rights to their products was unconstitutional under the Texas Constitution.
The purpose of Maryland’s regulation of the alcohol industry is “for the protection, health, welfare, and safety of the people of the state,” and it is for that reason only that state law justifies policies to “displace or limit economic competition.”
Under that rubric, it should be fairly easy for lawmakers to establish that elements of the legislation approved last year to change the rules for the craft brewery industry fall short and should be amended.
The legal battle over an Indiana law that prohibits companies from holding permits for both beer and liquor wholesaling will continue after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a federal case that challenges the enforcement of Indiana’s prohibited-interest statute.
COLUMBUS — Customers will soon be able to order a Bloody Mary or pick up a bottle of Jack Daniel’s at local businesses on Sunday mornings.
Columbus City Council members voted 5-2 Tuesday night to authorize hard liquor sales beginning at 6 a.m. on Sundays.
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s newest state senator and one of its most seasoned lawmakers are mounting a new effort to bring private “bottle clubs,” like a strip club operating in central Omaha, under state regulation.
LINCOLN — A political battle over beer is headed for another round. And there’s hope that this time, it will be more congenial.
LINCOLN, Neb. - The owners of four now-closed stores that sold millions of cans of beer next to an American Indian reservation where alcohol is banned are fighting a steep Nebraska tax bill.
As medical marijuana dispensaries make their first appearance in the state, it’s worth remembering a time when prescription alcohol flowed in the cups of Marylanders.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana residents planning to serve alcohol during New Year's Eve festivities will need to stock up in advance this year.
That's because Dec. 31 falls on a Sunday and Indiana still has a Sunday ban on carryout alcohol sales from liquor, grocery and convenience stores.