A bill that would ease restrictive regulations on N.C. craft distillers is closer to becoming law.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would align laws for North Carolina craft distilleries more closely with rules governing wine and craft beer easily cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, June 18. It now heads to Senate Rules.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 @ 2:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers have offered several proposals to repair the broken, outdated way the state governs alcohol through the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system.
Published: Friday, June 14th, 2019 @ 2:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A measure that North Carolina craft distillers are counting on to help them thrive and, in some cases, simply survive is moving in the General Assembly.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 @ 4:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Chuck McGrady, his hand on the polished bar, couldn’t stop smiling as he leaned in for a better look.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 @ 2:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday, May 30, signed into law House Bill 363, the Craft Beer Distribution and Modernization Act, the result of a compromise among mid-sized craft brewers and the N.C. Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 4:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 7:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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A move to ease restrictions for N.C. craft brewers who want to distribute their own beer is on the verge of becoming law.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A measure brought about by a lawsuit against the state from craft brewers easily cleared another legislative hurdle Wednesday, May 15.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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No big announcement. No contentious public meetings. No press conference. But most important — no economic incentives.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 4:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Under the US-led, multinational Joint Strike Fighter program, Turkey is expected to accept delivery of the F-35 as early as next fall.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 12:02 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The stack of bills from N.C. lawmakers looking to reform and modernize the state’s 80-year-old liquor laws is growing.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 3:22 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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A collection of lawmakers, lawyers, lobbyists, and brewers gathered for a news conference Thursday, March 14, to talk about a pair of bills that, if passed into law, would even further energize North Carolina's thriving craft beer market.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill filed Wednesday, March 13, in the N.C. Senate would raise the limit on the number of barrels North Carolina craft brewers can self-distribute.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 3:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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About a year ago, some North Carolina craft brewers took on a couple behemoths in the state ABC system and a well-funded and entrenched network of wholesalers and distributors
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 3:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Wake County Superior Court has ruled against the state of North Carolina in a lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the state's distribution cap and franchise laws on breweries
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2018 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Craft brewers are waiting to learn whether a lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the state's distribution cap and franchise laws will proceed
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 @ 9:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We're back again! PiCASO and Uptown Greenville will host their third Dickinson Avenue After Dark event Saturday, March 24th from 7 to 11 pm
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 11:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The ongoing effort to loosen rules and regulations on North Carolina distillers, brewers and winemakers isn't about alcohol
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 5:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Makers of craft alcohol in North Carolina — whether it’s beer, wine, or liquor — generally agree on some expected benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which the president signed in December.
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 2:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much of the reporting on the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been cluttered with moans, groans, and general derision
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 3:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The misguided and ultimately debilitating and tragic ban of alcohol that we called Prohibition was, at its core, about control
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 1:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fate of the Republican tax bill is tenuous at best, but suspended deep among its many provisions are measures benefiting brewers, vintners, and distillers
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Add tiny Misenheimer to the list of the 124 North Carolina municipalities and 19 counties to allow restaurants and stores to serve alcohol beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 10:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! PiCASO and Uptown Greenville will host their second Dickinson Avenue After Dark event Saturday, October 14th from 7 to 11 pm.
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2017 @ 1:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Pitt Street Brewing Company, a 7,500-square-foot craft beer production facility and taproom, is now open in the former Coca-Cola Bottling Company building at 630 S. Pitt Street
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2017 @ 7:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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However, photography is not an artform, unless, and this is a huge unless; one deliberately puts themselves in that special place to make that special image, or, moreover, has a body of work where they have done so to elicit a visceral emotion from more than a handful of knowledgeable people.
Published: Sunday, August 20th, 2017 @ 6:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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News that beer distributors through political action committees poured nearly $100,000 toward defeating a bill to lift a production cap on North Carolina brewers should surprise no one
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 2:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. House has stripped a provision in Senate Bill 155 that would have allowed North Carolina distilleries to sell directly to consumers, via the internet
Published: Saturday, July 1st, 2017 @ 7:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Should Gov. Roy Cooper agree with the legislature and quickly sign Senate Bill 155, North Carolina distillers — and possibly restaurateurs — will see a significant boost in sales as visitors as early as this coming weekend
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2017 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and congressional colleagues signed a letter to President Trump asking that all future naval ships be constructed using American-made steel and domestic manufacturing
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 1:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am a teetotaler who believes that my fellow North Carolinians should be free to buy and consume the alcoholic beverages of their choice from the vendors of their choice
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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No discussion. No debate. No drama. A lopsided vote
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 8:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Bill 155 slid through the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and, slowed by only the usual dissenters, advanced to the Rules Committee with nary a soft grimace nor a lingering burn
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2017 @ 2:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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