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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ABC Stores could open Sun if passed
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 10:40 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system has a new commissioner. It gets continued reassurance from its boards and warehouse operator that they’ll get it right and, to that end, newly created groups meant to help them do so.
Published: Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Hank Bauer is the new chairman of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Published: Monday, December 20th, 2021 @ 6:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Leadership or staff from the company contracted to operate the state’s liquor warehouse and delivery system won’t meet with lawmakers to explain why N.C. ABC stores around the state have so many empty shelves.
Published: Saturday, December 4th, 2021 @ 7:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The staff of the N.C. ABC met Tuesday, Nov. 9, with representatives from 34 local ABC boards across the state to talk about ways to improve the distribution of high-demand, low-supply, allocated spirituous liquor products.
Published: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 @ 6:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Spiritous liquor is still in short supply in ABC stores across the state, and supply still isn’t keeping up with demand. Republican lawmakers say things are getting even worse.
Published: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 @ 10:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Terrance Merriweather, deputy commissioner of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, will oversee daily operations of the agency until the governor appoints a new chairman.
Published: Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 11:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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ABC chairman A.D. Zander Guy Jr. has resigned as chairman of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission.
Published: Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 @ 9:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission and the company operating the state’s liquor warehouses are trying to offer a modicum of relief to local boards suffering from problems with the global supply chain.
Published: Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Ollie Mulligan, this week from an airport somewhere in the Northeast, talked about his upcoming flight home, about returning to his native Ireland, to County Kildare.
Published: Monday, August 2nd, 2021 @ 4:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Heavy drinking among women aged 30 to 80 spiked by 41% during pandemic shutdowns.
Published: Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 @ 3:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One measure passing the committee directs the Legislative Research Commission to study ABC rules in other states
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 10:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission voted unanimously last week to recommend the state award a 10-year contract for warehouse services to LB&B Associates, the target of an audit in 2018 that has over the previous years cost the state about $13.5 million.
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 12:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Around 75% of the state’s 550,000 hotel and restaurant workers are currently out of a job.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 3:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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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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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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It has begun. Or, probably more accurately, a local and statewide crusade to prevent privatization of North Carolina’s liquor business is intensifying.
Published: Sunday, August 18th, 2019 @ 5:41 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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Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, won’t seek re-election when his term expires next year, but he’s far from finished.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 1:28 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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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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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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In 1908, North Carolina voters passed statewide prohibition in 1908, making North Carolina the first Southern state to institute prohibition. The 18th Amendment didn't usher in Prohibition nationwide until 1919.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 10:23 am
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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Members who serve on the 168 boards that control local alcohol sales in North Carolina are doing good work
Published: Saturday, November 10th, 2018 @ 12:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Head distiller Chris Jude steps through a door at the High Wire Distilling Co. in Charleston, South Carolina. Jude, who's from Boone, enters the tasting room and bar, making the short trip from the place spirits are made to the place spirits are served
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 @ 12:23 am
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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When North Carolina "popped the cork" on the alcohol limit in beers sold in our state we saw an immediate increase in diversity and choices, with an explosion of some 140 breweries.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 @ 9:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Distilleries across North Carolina are hoping to follow in the footsteps of the state's growing winery and craft beer industries, but the law places distilleries at a competitive disadvantage — and they're asking the General Assembly to pass legislation allowing them to sell small...
Published: Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 @ 10:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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