Lower tariffs, more employees, better infrastructure. If small business owners in Arizona had a unified wish list, those items likely would be on it.
An activist group in Brooklyn, N.Y., has demanded that a brand of water be taken off their local market’s shelves, claiming that its packaging, which resembles a bottle of malt liquor, is “detrimental to the community.”
This year’s state budget boosted funding for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission for the first time in over a decade, Treasurer Deb Goldberg said Tuesday, asking lawmakers for more money so the agency “does not lose any of the momentum it has just attained.”
OLYMPIA — A bill to allow underage students to taste wine as part of their studies has passed the state House. Authored by state Rep. Bill Jenkin, R-Prosser, House Bill 1563 would allow students age 18-20 to taste wine in the classroom and work in wine production...
While craft beer has dominated alcoholic-beverage related legislation in recent Sessions (remember growlers?), bills this year are focusing on craft distillers. The main measure getting attention so far has been St. Petersburg Republican Jeff Brandes‘ bill (SB 220), which already cleared two Senate committees with nary a vote against it.
There’s a war raging between Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot and State Sen. Ben Kramer (D-District 19). It’s over a bill currently under consideration in the General Assembly that would move regulation of alcohol, tobacco and gasoline from the comptroller’s office to a new state agency.
The state will play host to a variety of sobriety-inspired events, wrapping up with a “nationally touring sober pop-up event” on March 30.
A new campaign by the Texas Department of Transportation is reminding college students and young adults to plan a sober ride before the party starts.
OLYMPIA — A bill to allow underage students to taste wine as part of their studies has passed the state House.
There’s a war raging between Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot and State Sen. Ben Kramer (D-District 19).