Jesse SchecknerNovember 15, 2021
4min680
Her sole opponent has yet to report raising or spending a cent.
Tag: ABC Fine Wine and Spirits
Jesse SchecknerNovember 15, 2021
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 13, 2020
6min688
When everything else is canceled, at least there's still beer.
Jim RosicaMarch 4, 2019
6min552
Distillers want more freedom; distributors, retailers are leery.
Jim RosicaFebruary 19, 2019
6min377
The bill would let craft distillers ship product across state lines.
Associated PressMay 8, 2017
5min470
Owners of small, independent liquor stores in central Florida are asking customers to support their efforts urging the governor to veto a bill allowing the sale of spirits in grocery stores. A proposal nicknamed the “Whiskey and Wheaties Bill” (SB 106) would allow grocery stores, big box retailers and other stores to sell liquor alongside […]
Joe HendersonApril 27, 2017
4min209
Assuming Gov. Rick Scott signs the bill repealing the state’s so-called “booze wall,” I suspect it won’t take long before we all wonder what the fuss was about. The euphemistic wall is one of those Prohibition-era creations that mandated hard liquor can’t be sold in regular grocery stores. That might have made sense 82 years […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 10, 2016
3min341
Frank Artiles raised more than $74,000 in the last two weeks of September, more than 10 times that of his state Senate District 40 opponent. State records show Artiles raised a combined $74,050 — $64,050 to his official campaign account and $10,000 for his political committee — between Sept. 17 and Sept. 30. Records show Democrat Dwight […]