Gov. Roy Cooper may announce the reopening of private bars, as early as Friday.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. bar owners are planning another rally Thursday, Sept. 10, as part of a months-long effort to persuade Gov. Roy Cooper to reopen bars.
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2020 @ 1:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Though Gov. Roy Cooper will ease some coronavirus restrictions in September, bars and private clubs may remain shuttered, Carolina Journal has learned.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 4:31 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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On Tuesday, Governor Cooper signed Executive Order No. 153 to stop the sale of alcohol at 11 pm at restaurants, breweries, wineries, and distilleries.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2020 @ 1:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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With actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 beginning to have impact, Governor Roy Cooper is doubling down on prevention measures with Executive Order 153 stopping the sale of alcoholic drinks in restaurants, breweries, wineries, and distilleries at 11 pm.
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 @ 9:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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On Tuesday, July 7, N.C. Business Court Judge James Gale issued a preliminary injunction that would allow for the reopening of bowling alleys across the state.
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2020 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bowling alleys in North Carolina can reopen, though bars, gyms, and amusement parks remain closed.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 2:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bars in North Carolina will remain closed, a judge ruled Friday, June 26.
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 @ 6:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Just off North Carolina’s Highway 55 sits a tiny biker bar near the line of Wake and Harnett counties.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 12:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper late in the afternoon of Friday, June 5, vetoed a bill that would have reopened private bars and clubs, as well as expanded outdoor seating in restaurants and brewpubs.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 @ 3:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper should stop picking winners and losers in business as he reopens North Carolina’s economy, says N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolina grapples with President Trump’s call to pull the Republican National Convention from Charlotte, both Democrats and Republicans are seizing on the moment — using the fight to appeal to their respective bases.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 1:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to reopen private bars and clubs, as well as expanding outdoor seating in restaurants and brewpubs, is awaiting a decision from the governor.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 9:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate Committee on Commerce and Insurance on Tuesday, May 26, approved duplicate amendments to a pair of bills revising state alcohol laws as they apply to outdoor seating in restaurants.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 @ 12:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Craft Brewers Guild is among those, including Carolina Journal, seeking clarification from Gov. Roy Cooper about the fate of breweries, wineries, and distilleries.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2020 @ 8:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Liquor sales at Wake County stores, within the first 10 days of the shutdown last month, shot up some 80%, says Ike Wheeler.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2020 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Keeping the lights on. That’s the popular theme, for businesses — small and large — throughout the country.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 10:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 5:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While Washington politicians bicker over a massive coronavirus rescue package, North Carolina businesses and nonprofits are scrambling to help patch the economy.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 8:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A growing number of local distilleries are finding a creative way to help Americans — and their employees — amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2020 @ 9:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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I’ve written volumes over the past few years about the way North Carolina controls distilled spirits.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 @ 7:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control stores remain open throughout the state, although many staff members within the ABC system are working from home.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 @ 12:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Spirits tastings in N.C. ABC stores have gone on without complaint or problem since September, when lawmakers amended state rules governing liquor.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2020 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A January 27 article in the News & Observer announced that a bill to make North Carolina a license state for selling liquor is unlikely to receive a vote this year.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2020 @ 10:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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NoDa Brewing Co., which collects awards like a brewer collects hops, continues to grow.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 5:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Distilleries, wineries, and breweries are growing at an exponential rate. All with an eye on Washington, D.C., and, in our case, Raleigh.
Published: Friday, January 10th, 2020 @ 9:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Thousands of distillers, brewers, and vintners across the country, are worried. Probably rightfully so.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 8:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are the most notable entrants in the race to make a meat substitute that acts like meat but is made entirely from plants. They have tremendous capital behind their efforts to make meatless meats that appeal to meat lovers.
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2019 @ 3:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The way North Carolina sees liquor is changing, for the betterment of consumers.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 10:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Walter Harris, chairman of the Chatham County Alcoholic Beverage Control board, told WUNC’s Frank Stasio he’s been told North Carolina is among the country’s best at selling hard liquor.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2019 @ 3:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Because Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly have remained deadlocked for weeks over passage of a new state budget, you might think nothing much of consequence is happening in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 @ 11:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2019 @ 10:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The debate that led to the passage of Senate Bill 290 wasn’t about alcohol.
Published: Thursday, August 8th, 2019 @ 8:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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