Some liquor license-holders in Kootenai County and throughout the state are lining up, along with Sheriff Ben Wolfinger, to oppose a comprehensive liquor license reform bill proposed by Sen. Jim Rice, R-Caldwell.
The Idaho Statesman reports that the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday voted to hold onto the bill rather than send it to the full Senate.
The committee wants the bill’s sponsor, Republican Jim Rice of Caldwell, to work with various interested partied on a compromise bill.The Brewers of Pennsylvania, a state lobbying group, has tapped a 16-year veteran of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as its new deputy director.
New Hampshire’s craft beer industry is brewing some big numbers. Newly released data shows the number of craft breweries in the state has jumped by 33 percent since 2015.
A petition has garnered thousands of signatures to stop a ban on bringing alcoholic drinks to parts of three Michigan rivers. Huron-Manistee National Forests said it wants to protect the rivers and address safety concerns with this new order.
The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that would allow liquor to be sold on Sundays. While the bill still has to make its way through the senate before it is law, public support seems to already be behind the bill.
Virginia ABC made the gradual transition from the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority during 2018.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal to raise low alcohol limits for beer sold at Utah grocery stores has cleared its first hurdle.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill that would create the possibility of Oregon exporting marijuana to adjacent states where cannabis is also legal had its first public hearing Thursday, where advocates said it would give Oregon a way to relieve its oversupply and grow its brand.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolina’s beer industry is closely following a potential business deal that could dramatically transform local distribution channels.