MECHANICSVILLE, Va. -- Beginning Saturday, July 1, four laws impacting the operation of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC), its licensees and applicants for ABC licenses will take effect.
This bill, sponsored by Rep. Napoleon Nelson, helps many family-owned taverns, bars and licensed restaurants increase revenue opportunities as they work to recover from years of bad news.
In Idaho, a state license to sell liquor in a bar or restaurant can take years -- even decades -- to acquire, thanks to a nearly 70-year-old state law that limits hard alcohol sales. But there's another way to get a license, if you have $20,000 to $350,000.
The Wilson County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has started building a new warehouse to accommodate the need for surplus inventory as liquor sales increase year to year throughout the county.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Craft Brewers Association has mounted an effort to change a state law that it says is not only outdated but hampers industry growth.
Proposed legislation, House Bill 1160, would allow taverns, bars, and restaurants with a liquor license to cater an unlimited number of events. Current law grants licensees to cater up to 52 events annually.
If you're 19 or 20, you can sell or serve alcohol in Michigan, and you can work at a medical marijuana facility. Apply to work at a recreational marijuana dispensary, though, and you'll get told to come back when you're 21.
Some Michigan lawmakers and industry groups are hoping to change that.
History will be made on May 20 and 21 with the inaugural Oregon Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Food & Wine Festival. Taking place at Stoller Estate in Dayton, the first-of-its-kind event will feature five AAPI-owned Willamette Valley wineries and 10 AAPI chefs.
Ohioans could vote to legalize recreational marijuana later this year.
But there are still hoops to jump through to get such a proposal on the November ballot.The Alabama House of Representatives hasn't had a whole lot of disagreement so far this session, and when it has, the votes have largely been along party lines.
But a bill to increase the amount of alcohol allowed for curbside pickup bucked that trend Thursday, passing on a narrow 46-30 vote.