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Last week, Beer Serves America reported that the beer industry contributes 75,082 jobs and brings in about $1.8 billion in taxes to the state of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As a proud born and bred North Carolinian I thought I knew a lot about my native state.
Published: Sunday, July 4th, 2021 @ 11:49 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Economic relief prioritized for underserved communities
Published: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 @ 1:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Facing federal charges of making a false statement to a bank and failing to file a tax return, powerful N.C. state lawmaker David Lewis has resigned from his position “effective immediately.”
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2020 @ 1:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Ketch Secor of the energetic American roots band Old Crow Medicine Show and a few of his talented friends streamed a concert from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2020 @ 4:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper took action on two pieces of legislation today. He signed SB 290 ABC Regulatory Reform Bill, and vetoed SB 392 Various Charter School Changes.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 9:35 am
By: Governor's Office
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Lawmakers, after so many fits and starts, finally persuaded enough of their nervous colleagues to vote to begin fixing North Carolina’s archaic and broken system of governing alcohol, a move some 80 years in the making.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2019 @ 11:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Since the end of Prohibition eight decades ago, North Carolina's wineries and breweries have been making a return. As state laws have relaxed over time, those industries have started to thrive.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 @ 1:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Hendersonville, won’t seek re-election when his term expires next year.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2019 @ 1:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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 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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North Carolina’s large and energetic craft brewing industry — over 300 strong now — chafes against the state’s arbitrary distribution cap
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2019 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did you know that North Carolina used to be the nation's leader in locally owned and operated distilleries?
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1908, North Carolina voters passed statewide prohibition in 1908, making North Carolina the first Southern state to institute prohibition. The 18th Amendment didn't usher in Prohibition nationwide until 1919.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the state decides to regulate an industry, it doesn't necessarily apply the same level of regulation it uses for other regulated industries.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2019 @ 3:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A prominent Republican lawmaker and proponent of loosening North Carolina's restrictive alcohol laws says direct government sales and distribution of distilled liquor is antiquated, and lawmakers should fix the broken system
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 @ 11:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bob Hamilton is out as administrator of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control commission
Published: Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 @ 4:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Greensboro-based company told a North Carolina brewer he could get out of his distribution contract if he paid the distributor 16 times more than it cost to get in, an affidavit in a lawsuit filed by a group of North Carolina brewers says
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
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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The N.C. General Assembly is scheduled to return for the 2018 short legislative session on Wednesday, May 16
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 11:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Trump at the Tax Cuts for Florida Small Businesses Roundtable | Hialeah, FL
Published: Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 @ 12:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The ill-advised and widely denounced tariff rhetoric coming from the White House has stressed manufacturers and upset the markets
Published: Sunday, April 15th, 2018 @ 6:31 pm
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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The plaintiffs in a complaint challenging the constitutionality of two state laws involving beer distribution and franchise laws have filed a brief opposing a state motion to dismiss and transfer the case
Published: Sunday, March 11th, 2018 @ 5:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Blackbeard Coffee Roasters is coming to Uptown Greenville this fall
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 @ 9:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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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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Craft brewers say North Carolina is suppressing growth and have filed a complaint saying that two state laws are unconstitutional and nothing more than economic protectionism
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 @ 11:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It would be hard to find a more blatant example of cronyism than the North Carolina law forbidding brewers who produce more than 25,000 barrels per year from selling their products directly to retailers
Published: Friday, April 21st, 2017 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Grover Norquist is using his considerable influence to push North Carolina lawmakers toward reforming restrictive laws governing craft beer
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 @ 7:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians have an insatiable taste for craft beers, and they have little tolerance for lawmakers who want to tamper with how they get their stouts and IPAs
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2017 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced today that Social Beverage Company, LLC will locate a craft distillery in Lenoir County
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 4:29 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Tuesday was a good day for alcohol proponents and supporters of bond measures
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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