RANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Alcohol regulators in Kentucky have filed a proposal that would repeal rules limiting the number of licenses available for retail package liquor stores and by-the-drink liquor sales. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the proposed administrative regulations are stirring opposition. The Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board filed the proposal last month.
On December 29, 2017, the SB 16-197 Working Group released its report to the Senate Business, Labor, and Technology Committee and the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee making recommendations on the implementation of the sweeping changes to Colorado Liquor Law that were signed into law by Governor Hickenlooper in 2016.
BERLIN – Efforts to reform craft beer regulations in Maryland are in full force along the Eastern Shore, but distributors in the industry are voicing their concerns.
Last year, Comptroller Peter Franchot formed a “Reform on Tap” task force in response to the 2017 passage of House Bill 1283, which imposes certain restrictions on breweries with a class five brewery license.
The Maryland comptroller is pushing for a series of reforms to the laws regulating breweries, and painting himself as the champion of the state’s beer makers.
NORMAN — The Oklahoma Grape Industry Council gave a new meaning to discussing business over a glass of wine.
Before Oklahoma blue laws saw major changes during the November 2016 election, the council was fighting for wineries to legally sell a full glass of wine on site, instead of just smaller tastings.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana will likely remain the only state that restricts who can sell cold beer after a Senate panel voted Wednesday to uphold a law that protects the interests of liquor stores.
At Insight Brewing in Minneapolis earlier this month, 3rd District GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen was raising a glass to the Republican tax bill, signed into law by the president just weeks prior. The assorted craft brewers and beer boosters in the room were, in turn, raising a glass to Paulsen: the Eden Prairie congressman successfully included a provision in the tax legislation that slashes the taxes that brewers — as well as winemakers and distillers — pay to the federal government.
he Maui News – The Maui County Liquor Control Commission gave Department of Liquor Control Director Glenn Mukai “above average, satisfactory marks” in its first review of his job performance, according to a letter sent from the commission to Mayor Alan Arakawa.
DENVER (CBS4) – The Department of Revenue is working on how grocery stores in Colorado will transition to selling full-strength beer.
Next year, gas stations and grocery stores will be able to sell full-strength beer instead of the 3.2 beer that is currently on shelves.
Boxed, a grocery delivery website that bills itself as “Costco for millennials,” is now bringing the liquor store to your doorstep.
The New York-based e-commerce company delivers bulk nonperishable grocery items such as laundry detergent, pet supplies and paper goods for free on orders totaling $49 or more.