Omnibus bill takes big step in revamping way N.C. controls liquor
RALEIGH — A bill filed Tuesday, April 2, in the N.C. House would dramatically revamp how the state governs liquor sales and distribution, including a provision allowing for Sunday sales.
Bill implementing recommended ABC reforms introduced in Senate
RALEIGH — Sens. Joyce Waddell, D-Mecklenburg, and Andy Wells, R-Catawba, have filed legislation that would take a big step toward reforming the alcohol control system in North Carolina.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Not easy as ABC to abolish state’s liquor monopoly
Before you swallow restrictionists’ claim that North Carolina’s state monopoly on liquor sales is a good-government success story, ask yourself where all the bottle rockets come from.
Distillers say state ABC monopoly harms producers, consumers
RALEIGH — The Distillers Association of North Carolina, calling the state’s system of controlling liquor “an 80-year-old regulatory scheme,” is urging lawmakers to reform and modernize the antiquated system.
Poll finds slim majority for ending government’s liquor monopoly
RALEIGH — An Elon University Poll finds 52 percent of North Carolinians contacted support closing the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control system.
COLUMN: It's time to reform the way N.C. controls liquor
It’s time to wake up, North Carolina. Enough is truly enough.
In truth, it’s well past time lawmakers take substantive steps toward rewriting or eliminating much of the arcane laws governing alcohol, painfully documented in N.C. General Statute 18b.
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