Tristan WoodJanuary 23, 2022
5min0
Restaurants and businesses in Washington County will be able to begin selling hard liquor in three months.
Tag: liquor
Tristan WoodJanuary 23, 2022
Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2021
7min1822
The bill is garnering bipartisan support as lawmakers look for a lifeline for restaurants.
Associated PressAugust 24, 2020
11min525
U.S. liquor laws are a confusing jumble that vary by state, city and county.
Scott PowersMarch 28, 2020
4min3133
Restaurant managers must bar employees who went to New York — and other rules.
Jim RosicaMarch 4, 2019
6min552
Distillers want more freedom; distributors, retailers are leery.
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 […]
Phil AmmannFebruary 11, 2015
3min255
Floridians for Fair Business Practices (FFBP) announced today the addition of several new coalition members joining the fight to take down the state’s Prohibition-era alcohol/grocery separation laws. New members include the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, and the Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce. In addition, nearly 2,000 Floridians so far have signed a petition […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 9, 20158min223
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the three unalienable rights that the Declaration of Independence says have been given to all of us by the “Creator,” and that governments are created to protect. Were the Declaration to be updated for the 21st century, could it be amended to include a right to hail […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 4, 20153min205
Two Republican state lawmakers submitted new bills today to remove Florida’s “wall of separation” between grocery and liquor stores. House Bill 499, filed by state Rep. John Wood, and Senate Bill 468 from state Sen. Denise Grimsley seeks to repeal Florida’s “outdated and inconvenient” separation law. Both bills will be considered in the 2015 legislative session that starts […]