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Once again we are midway through July without a state budget that was supposed to begin July 1. Why haven’t they passed a budget on time? Not trying to be snarky, the answer is because they can. The old budget remains in effect until a new one is approved.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 10:18 am
By: Tom Campbell
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ABC Stores could open Sun if passed
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 10:40 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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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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Ever since the end of Prohibition over eight decades ago, North Carolina has been a "control" state for liquor.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A week or so ago, a group of people who don't like the idea of people drinking liquor got together to denounce efforts to privatize the state monopoly on alcohol sales, storage, and distribution
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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North Carolina's ABC system restricts the sale of spirituous liquor in this state to an average of just 4.3 stores per county operated by local government boards
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A friend of mine, who, along with a group of his friends, owns a distillery on the N.C. coast, once told me a story about a customer who asked him for a drink
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2018 @ 10:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Residents of municipalities and counties throughout North Carolina do indeed enjoy starting their Sundays with a cocktail
Published: Friday, August 25th, 2017 @ 4:43 pm
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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In North Carolina, more than 40 distilleries are now producing and selling liquor. Many offer tours and subsequent tastings
Published: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 @ 4:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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