During the 2017 legislative session, the Wyoming Legislature made changes to liquor laws that affected the establishments statewide. Under the new laws, buildings rather than rooms are licensed. Several issues have arisen regarding the change in wording.
The Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control (DLC) is known as a national award winner when it comes to public safety and regulatory efforts that have a positive impact on the community.
Another way the DLC works for residents is by offering exclusive access to rare, hard–to-get, high-end products.
A new report by a state panel found encouraging downward trends in alcohol use, drunk driving crashes, and alcohol-related arrests and punishment among Pennsylvania youths.
From 2011 through 2015, there has been a steady decline in drinking among 12–17 year-olds of 18 to 20 percent, according to the Pennsylvania State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) report (PDF).
In Idaho, the state controls how many liquor licenses are available and only releases new ones when populations rise enough to warrant. While entrepreneurs say a skyrocketing secondhand market for licenses stifles new local businesses, state officials say their hands are tied until sweeping reform happens.
As they’ve watched Virginia’s brewery and wine industries boom, craft distillers have begun to feel the state is unfairly harsh on businesses that make the stronger stuff.
The state Senate advanced legislation co-sponsored by state Sen. John Proos (R-St. Joseph) last week to revise the nature of administration for Michigan’s alcohol industry.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lawmakers are again considering lowering the drinking age in New Hampshire.
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is holding a public hearing Tuesday on a bill that would lower the legal age for alcohol possession from 21 to 20.
(CNN)Vermont, the "Green Mountain State," has become the first state to legalize marijuana by passing a law in the legislature rather than by use of a ballot measure.
Gov. Phil Scott signed H. 511 into law "with mixed emotions" Monday night, allowing for the possession of recreational marijuana.
HELENA -- After a change to state law during the 2017 special legislative session, the state Department of Revenue is opening bidding for the first competitive alcohol licenses.
A bill in the West Virginia legislature would allow police to enter private clubs and bars that are open to the public.
Currently, officers are unsure whether they can enter private clubs and bars without a West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner officer or a warrant, according to Delegate Barbara Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, the lead sponsor of House Bill 2129.