SALISBURY, Md. - Alcohol is the number one drug problem in the country. Along with that, comes underage drinking.
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Governor Rick Scott has used his power of veto to kill a bill that would have allowed big box stores such as Wal-Mart and Target to sell liquor. Those spirits can only be sold at separate stores, or the same business separated by a wall.
The Texas House of Representatives voted Saturday in favor of House Bill 3287, which requires breweries making more than 175,000 collective barrels annually to buy back beer from a wholesaler in order to continue direct-to-consumer sales, according to the Houston Chronicle.
It was the voters of Boulder who approved the nation's steepest sugary drink tax in November, but only the city has the power to implement it.
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal just made sweeping changes to the state's alcohol regulations official, signing Senate Bill 85 into law on Monday. The legislation allows breweries and distilleries sell directly to consumers, and it will go into effect September 1.
OLYMPIA — Customers sampling liquor at Washington craft distilleries can have their half shot with water or soda.
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina regulators were wrong were they allowed a food truck to begin selling frozen ice pops made with alcohol without an alcohol permit, the city of Charleston is saying in a letter.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A crackdown on underage drinking and illegal alcohol sales in New York has led to more than 100 arrests and the seizure of more than 125 fake IDs.
Legislation introduced Tuesday to permit independent liquor stores to amass more than twice as many licenses as last year's landmark compromise allows has groups representing smaller merchants warning the move will devastate Colorado's mom-and-pop retail landscape, but the bill's sponsors and supporters say it's simply an attempt to level the playing field.
In Texas, as in much of the nation, alcohol is regulated under the so-called "three-tier system," which requires alcohol manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to be separate and independent from each other.