Regulators don't often decide to regulate less. Yet the state liquor commission is attempting to do just that. It wants to open competition in the liquor store industry, and that effort serves well consumers who have suffered under the monopolistic system now in place.
Montgomery County is pleased to announce that Kathie Durbin, chief of licensure, regulation and education at the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control, is the recipient of the Fifth Annual Leadership in Alcohol Regulation Award.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (ABC4 News) - It's heavily taxed and the laws surrounding it are strict. Despite that, it seems Utah sees a rise in alcohol sales every year. Beyond just the sales, Utah now has the most craft breweries and distilleries it's ever seen.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Substance abuse affects the health and quality of life of many Montanans, leading to medical, legal, financial and family problems that cost the state millions of dollars and many lives due to overdoses, fatal crashes and suicides, Attorney General Tim Fox said Tuesday in releasing a report on substance abuse in the state.
The North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission introduced a new campaign in Chapel Hill to combat underage drinking across the state.
While he's backed off plans to call a special legislative session this year to alter Utah's new toughest-in-the-nation drunken driving law, Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday outlined some major changes he would like to see next year
Conecuh Ridge Distillery plans to build an $13.5 million artisan distillery, rack houses and a bottling hub in Troy.
Carroll Zuber was traveling in Germany, when he had an idea: bring microbrewing to Iowa. In 1975, the most popular beer seemed to be Miller Lite, and Zuber wanted to change that.
Although drinking before you're 21 is illegal in the U.S., a report by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention shows people age 12 to 20 drink 11 percent of alcohol consumed in our country.
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - Oregon Liquor Control Commission inspectors are teaming up to combat sex trafficking in the Portland area.