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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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Count the village of Clemmons as the latest N.C. municipality to allow the sale of alcohol beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday mornings
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 1:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a PARRRGHTY Friday night, April 13 at Piratefest. The Buccaneer Bash from 5-8pm kicks off PirateFest with carnival rides, a pop-up Brew & 'Cue Trail, and live music
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 12:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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We're back again! PiCASO and Uptown Greenville will host their third Dickinson Avenue After Dark event Saturday, March 24th from 7 to 11 pm
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 11:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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The ongoing effort to loosen rules and regulations on North Carolina distillers, brewers and winemakers isn't about alcohol
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 5:48 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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Much of the reporting on the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been cluttered with moans, groans, and general derision
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 3:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The misguided and ultimately debilitating and tragic ban of alcohol that we called Prohibition was, at its core, about control
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 1:16 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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News that beer distributors through political action committees poured nearly $100,000 toward defeating a bill to lift a production cap on North Carolina brewers should surprise no one
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 2:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina excise tax on distilled spirits has risen to the fifth-highest in the country, according to recent data from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 @ 7:17 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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Should Gov. Roy Cooper agree with the legislature and quickly sign Senate Bill 155, North Carolina distillers — and possibly restaurateurs — will see a significant boost in sales as visitors as early as this coming weekend
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2017 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina distillers could begin seeing a significant boost in sales as visitors as early as this coming weekend
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 1:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Distillers in North Carolina aren't quite ready to extend their arms in a celebratory toast, but they've certainly opened the bottle and dropped some ice in the glass
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 6:31 pm
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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The Asheville-based brewer has sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev, which, like its counterparts, is gulping down craft brewers in an apparent effort to offset waning sales for Budweiser and other mass-produced adjunct beers
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2017 @ 8:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Government shouldn't pick winners and losers."
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 @ 10:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. Chuck McGrady, R, Henderson, tried hard to smile this week while presenting the plundered remnants of House Bill 500.
Published: Thursday, May 4th, 2017 @ 3:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An effort to raise the number of barrels North Carolina's craft brewers can produce before they have to procure a distributor has failed
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 4:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While 49 other states are scratching their heads figuring out how to promote manufacturing jobs, North Carolina's General Assembly's lack of action on prohibition-era laws may actually be destroying manufacturing growth, turning down the opportunity of a lifetime
Published: Monday, April 24th, 2017 @ 8:06 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Craft beer is on tap at the state legislature, where lawmakers have introduced three bills to roll back laws that stifle unprecedented growth in the brewing industry
Published: Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 @ 1:26 pm
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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Some things are clear - lower taxes, fewer regulations, skilled workers, and efficient infrastructure lead to economic growth
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2017 @ 5:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Bill 155 would, among many other things, allow restaurants to sell alcohol before noon on Sundays.
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 7:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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