By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 29, 2023 Sunday ABC sales, curbside cocktails, happy hours, discount liquor, and a host of other alcohol-pushing provisions are on the table at the N.C. Legislature. The House Committee on Alcohol Beverage Control took up a 36-page omnibus bill on Tuesday. The Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of […]
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Proposed Legislation Would Open ABC Stores on Sunday
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League April 14, 2023 ABC stores could start opening on Sundays and some holidays if an omnibus bill filed this month in the state Senate wins lawmakers’ approval. Senate Bill 490 would allow the state’s 168 local ABC boards to recommend new operating hours for the 432 stores they oversee. […]
House ABC Committee Holds Hearing About ABC Woes: ‘Sincere Attempt to Remedy or Undermine?’
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 1, 2021 Less than two weeks after Zander Guy, chairman of the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission, resigned his post amid liquor shortages, lawmakers on the House ABC Committee spent more than two hours Wednesday questioning others involved with the system about why alcohol is not getting […]
Two Significant Actions Taken on Alcohol Policy in the Tar Heel State
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League March 18, 2020 Two significant actions involving alcohol policy in North Carolina took place last week. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians passed their own version of the Brunch Bill, and North Carolina’s ABC Commission moved forward on rules for liquor tastings in local ABC stores. “We are living […]
House ABC Committee Hears from Shaw and Considers Other Critical Matters
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueMarch 21, 2019 If North Carolina privatized liquor sales, the number of outlets would more than double, and consumption would rise an estimated 20 percent, despite higher alcohol prices. Those are just a few of the findings of the Program Evaluation Division report shared Tuesday with the N.C. House Alcoholic Beverage […]