Gov. Roy Cooper — and scores of politicians like them — have since March imposed noxious closures and lockdowns with the altruistic goal of keeping us safe.
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 4:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In an effort to continue slowing the spread of COVID-19, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 162 to extend the limited hours on the sale of alcoholic drinks in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 @ 10:45 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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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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Madison Dibble writes for the Washington Examiner about one impact of the massive shutdowns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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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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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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East Carolina University’s first home football game against Gardner-Webb Saturday marks the beginning of a new era for Pirates fans. ECU Athletics worked to create an atmosphere unlike any other, making a game in Dowdy-Ficklen an even more memorable and fun experience.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 2:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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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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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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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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The loudest proponents of alcohol reform in North Carolina — lawmakers such as Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, and Sen. Rick Gunn, R-Alamance — now have their colleagues’ unwavering attention.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2019 @ 1:34 am
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 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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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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Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday, June 26, signed of pair of alcohol-related bills into law.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 3:55 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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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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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system — created in 1937 in the wake of the repeal of Prohibition — for the past 80-plus years has remained mostly static.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 7:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Cooper Signs Bill Into Law
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2019 @ 11:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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To boost North Carolina’s response to the opioid crisis, R.J. Blackley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Butner recently became certified as an opioid treatment program for people with opioid use disorder.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 9:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Restaurateurs and retailers are getting behind a move by House lawmakers that would fix the antiquated way North Carolina stores, distributes, and sells spirits.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 6:07 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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One bill would give a boost to the state’s thriving beer market by adding another level of breweries.
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2019 @ 2:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A pair of alcohol-related bills sailed through the N.C. House on Tuesday, April 16, without debate.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 6:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina gets products from the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky — which makes the iconic and mostly unattainable Pappy Van Winkle — only a couple times a year, and those bottles are subsequently allotted to N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control boards around the state.
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2019 @ 4:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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To raise awareness of the risks underage drinking poses to young people in North Carolina and across the country, Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed April 2019 as Alcohol Awareness Month.
Published: Friday, April 19th, 2019 @ 11:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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