Recently, Locke intern and experienced bartender Michael Bruce wrote about North Carolina’s policy approach toward alcohol. He asked, “Should North Carolina be more like D.C.?“
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2022 @ 2:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Community College Foundation-Nutrien 27th Annual Invitational Golf Tournament for Scholarships enjoyed perfect weather at the Cypress Landing Golf Club on September 10.
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 12:31 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, has signed House Bill 890, omnibus legislation to make changes to laws governing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission.
Published: Friday, October 29th, 2021 @ 11:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate has passed House Bill 890, an all-encompassing measure that could help distillers succeed in a crowded and burgeoning industry.
Published: Monday, October 18th, 2021 @ 3:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill advancing decades’ long work to reform the state’s liquor monopoly passed in the N.C. House and heads now to the Senate.
Published: Friday, May 21st, 2021 @ 2:40 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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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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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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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, cleared the N.C. House, 91-24, on Tuesday, July 9, and was sent to the Senate.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 2:37 am
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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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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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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Gentry Lassiter and his wife, Rebecca, run a small distillery on the main street in Knightdale.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A stack of bills from lawmakers looking to modernize the way North Carolina distributes and sells liquor is growing.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 4:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As I listened Tuesday to a N.C. House committee discuss an alcohol bill, I thought about how America debated the 18th Amendment.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 12:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill filed Tuesday, April 2, in the N.C. House would dramatically revamp how the state governs liquor sales and distribution, including a provision allowing for Sunday sales.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 7:40 am
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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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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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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Sens. Joyce Waddell, D-Mecklenburg, and Andy Wells, R-Catawba, have filed legislation that would take a big step toward reforming the alcohol control system in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 2:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Not long ago I wrote a report on the importance of sunset provisions with periodic review of state regulations. In it I equated reviewing old state rules with cleaning out a toolshed.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 11:12 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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