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Jim RosicaDecember 29, 2018

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State regulators are appealing an administrative law judge’s ruling that could allow retailers to sell hard liquor in their main stores, instead of in separate stores as they do now. The Department of Business Professional Regulation (DBPR), which oversees booze sales through its Division of Alcoholic Beverages And Tobacco (ABT), on Friday filed a notice of appeal to […]

Jim RosicaDecember 1, 2018

An administrative law judge has sent a wrecking ball through the wall that separates whiskey from Wheaties in Florida. Judge John D.C. Newton II‘s final order, filed Friday, opens the possibility for big-box retailers to sell hard liquor in their main stores, instead of in separate stores as they do now. The order also confirmed that Walmart “seeks to obtain, […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 25, 2018

Target and Walmart are heading to court to get an administrative law judge to give them what Gov. Rick Scott wouldn’t: The ability to sell whiskey and Wheaties in the same store. The big-box retailers late Monday filed an administrative challenge against the state’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages And Tobacco (ABT). At issue: The state’s obscure, 24-year-old “Restaurant Rule,” which restricts […]

Scott PowersApril 14, 2017

Airbnb and five of its clients filed suit against the city of Miami Friday over a controversial move the city made last month to ban vacation rental homes in residential districts. At issue is whether and how cities can regulate vacation rental homes, a rapidly increasing part of the lodging industry in which homeowners turn […]

Phil AmmannMarch 9, 2015

Floridians for Fair Business Practices (FFBP) released a new video Monday arguing two reasons Florida should repeal its “outdated” Prohibition-era liquor-purchase separation laws: convenience and common sense. “Convenience” is the second in a series of FFBP digital ads available on YouTube. Florida is one of the 20 states with a separation law between liquor stores […]

Guest AuthorMarch 30, 2014

Occasionally it’s a good idea to take a look at Florida’s laws and question whether they still merit being on the books. Last year, lawmakers repealed the law requiring a 10-percent ethanol blend in gasoline. The law was inconsistent with efforts to reduce regulatory burdens to help Florida create a pro-business, job-producing environment. Lawmakers also […]

Tag: Prohibition

State appealing ‘liquor wall’ decision

Judge hands preliminary win to big-box retailers in ‘whiskey and Wheaties’ fight

Target, Walmart file rule challenge for ‘whiskey and Wheaties’

Showdown in Miami: Airbnb sues over vacation rental home ban

FFBP video calls for common sense, convenience in repealing alcohol separation law

John Harris: Repealing Prohibition-era law adds security and convenience