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From Bedford Falls to Pottersville
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2024 @ 8:10 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Rule-loosening provisions — may soon be a reality across the state
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 1:26 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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The legislature has passed several measures in the past two years that local distillers say have benefitted their business operations and improved their relationship with the state ABC Commission.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House passed H.B. 768, the 2022 ABC Omnibus, by a vote of 100-9 Wednesday afternoon.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate has approved a final deal with the House for a bill to defer certain ABC renewal fees.
Published: Monday, August 2nd, 2021 @ 8:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Several bills to help N.C. distillers and to loosen alcohol regulation in the state are moving through the General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that he signed an Executive Order to help North Carolina’s businesses recover from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Monday, May 3rd, 2021 @ 3:10 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Extensions of Executive Orders on evictions moratorium, processing unemployment benefits and to-go cocktails will continue to provide relief to families and economic support amid pandemic
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 2:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Executive orders for “to-go” or delivery sales of mixed beverages and evictions moratorium also extended
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2021 @ 12:17 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order authorizing the North Carolina ABC Commission to permit the delivery or carry-out of mixed beverages as an alternative to on-site consumption.
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 2:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Appropriation leaders in the House and Senate are busy working behind closed doors to find consensus on a COVID-19 relief package.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 7:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House is wasting little time addressing the challenges COVID-19 has posed to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 2:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 290, originally filed as the Distillery Regulatory Reform Bill, will soon become law.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 1:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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A bill N.C. craft distillers see as a game-changer regarding how they do business and how they can grow their businesses is headed to the governor.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 12:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House on Thursday, July 11, after years of contentious debate and myriad failed efforts, were finally able to pass a bill, in an 86-28 vote, that would align craft distilleries more closely with rules governing wine and craft beer.
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2019 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House is poised to pass Senate Bill 290 — which passed the Senate, 39-4, June 25.
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2019 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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House Bill 536, ABC Omnibus Regulatory Reform, has cleared the N.C. House committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations and heads to the floor for a vote.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 @ 1:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. lawmakers, one could argue, have had unprecedented success this legislative session in reforming the state’s archaic laws governing spirituous liquor.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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People love lists, and certain niche websites thrive on them. Take these lists, of course, for what they are.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 2:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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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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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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Changing how North Carolina regulates liquor sales would require major adjustments, the state’s Program Evaluation Division says in its latest report
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 10:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite a dip in total alcohol consumption, U.S. drinkers bought more than 230 million nine-liter cases of distilled spirits in 2018 - a 1.9 percent increase on the previous year.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 9:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission has released its initial 2018 annual report, the pages of which are filled with colorful photos of smiling people and happy numbers.
Published: Monday, January 14th, 2019 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While voters in a number of North Carolina localities will have alcohol, tax increase, and bond referendums on their minds, citizens in the Forsyth County village of Tobaccoville will be deciding whether to recall their mayor
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 9:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in Jackson County went to the polls this week and voted pretty decisively — with 64 percent saying yes — to a local-option sales tax referendum
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 @ 8:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Along with Tuesday's primary elections for congressional, legislative, judicial, county, and municipal offices, voters in more than a dozen North Carolina counties decided measures involving taxes, debt, and alcohol sales.
Published: Friday, May 9th, 2014 @ 10:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While it could be a stretch to say that politics are driving people to drink, in a number of municipalities across North Carolina, voters will be deciding issues related to alcohol.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 @ 9:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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