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Sunday Liquor Sales Meets Opposition in Senate Committee
Consumers and store owners took to the Capitol today to fight for Sunday liquor sales. Supporters were lined up by the dozen, decked out with T-shirts and signs. The opposition and their lobbyists...
View ArticleOn the Air with Davis & Emmer
We were able to chat for a few minutes on Twin Cities News Talk 1130am. Despite all the fun, we tried our best to point out that the government should be representing consumer not lobbyists. It is high...
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Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Jeff Johnson Supports Sunday Alcohol Sales
Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Jeff Johnson Supports Sunday Alcohol Sales. We reached out to gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson last week via twitter to ask him about his stance on Sunday...
View ArticleConnecticut and Sunday Liquor Sales: One Year Later
Last year, Connecticut passed a law repealing the prohibition of off-sale liquor retail on Sundays. The measure to modernize the Connecticut liquor code was endorsed by Connecticut Governor Dannel...
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Up and at ‘Em with Jack & Ben Talk Sunday Liquor Sales in MN
Twin Cities News Talk am talk hosts Jack Thomczak and Ben Kruse tackle the issue of Sunday liquor sales in Minnesota on their show this morning. You can get download the audio directly here. The good...
View ArticleGovernor Mark Dayton says he Would Sign a Bill Repealing the Ban on Sunday...
In a story released by the Associated Press, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, says he would sign a bill lifting the ban on Sunday liquor sales. The Governor’s neutral stance is surely good news in the...
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Prohibition – Where are we now?
January 17th, 1920, the 18th Amendment, commonly known as prohibition, went into effect. The Amendment effectively outlawed the manufacture, sale, transportation, or importation of intoxicating liquors...
View ArticleDuluth Senator Roger Reinert on Sunday liquor sales in the 2014 legislative...
Senator Roger Reinert (D – Duluth) talks about why 2014 is the year to pass Sunday Liquor Sales. The post Duluth Senator Roger Reinert on Sunday liquor sales in the 2014 legislative session appeared...
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Caucusing for Sunday Liquor sales
Time to get active! Minnesota Beer Activists are urging supporters of ending the prohibition on Sunday liquor sales to go out to the caucuses Tuesday evening and get involved. Minnesota’s precinct...
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Sunday liquor sales, a call to action
MN Beer Activists are putting out a call to action for beer lovers across the state of Minnesota to help finally legalize the sale of liquor, wine, and beer on Sundays. 38 states allow Sunday liquor...
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Duluth Senator Roger Reinert to host a Sunday liquor sales twitter conversation
#SundaySalesMN #ChatWithRoger Duluth Senator Roger Reinert (D) @RogerForDuluth has announced plans to host a twitter conversation on Sunday liquor sales Thursday afternoon. The conversation will start...
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Several Sunday liquor sales bills introduced as committee deadline approaches
Late last week Senator Roger Reinert (D) and House Deputy Minority Leader Jenifer Loon (R) held a press conference to introduce several bills to repeal Minnesota’s Sunday off-sale liquor prohibition....
View ArticleSUNDAY LIQUOR SALES CALL TO ACTION
The legislature is quickly approaching the committee deadline. House and Senate commerce chairs have not yet to added a full repeal version of Sunday liquor sales, or a local option to committee...
View ArticleSunday sales hearings for brewers only –
Senate Commerce and House Commerce Committees heard several bills related to liquor, wine, and beer in Minnesota. Chairs of the commerce committees tend to only want to hear bills that are mostly free...
View ArticleLiquor Omnibus to finally be heard in Senate Tax Committee
Last we heard the Omnibus Liquor Bill might not get heard this session. But sometime over the weekend a Senate Tax Committee hearing was scheduled for 10am Monday, in Room 112 at the Capitol. The...
View ArticleSenate Tax Committee stripped Sunday growler sales from liquor omnibus
The Senate Tax Committee met this morning to finally hear the liquor omnibus. Unfortunately, the result was as expected. The Senate Tax Committee stripped Sunday growler sales from liquor omnibus after...
View ArticleSenate liquor omnibus tabled
If you are into policy or have some time to kill you can watch the entire reading here. No go for local option Senator Jeremy Miller (R), introduced an amendment to allow a local opt-in for Sunday...
View ArticleSenate votes on Sunday liquor sales amendment – How they voted
Full repeal falls short Senator Brandon Peterson (R) offered an amendment for full repeal of Sunday sales. Senator Peterson clearly realizes The Volstead Act is dead and it is time to put a final nail...
View ArticleOmnibus liquor bill offered to House with no ability to amend, passes after...
A case of mistaken identity Somehow a gambling bill became a liquor bill Thursday when Rep Joe Atkins (D) added a bevvy of liquor provisions from the existing liquor omnibus liquor bill, but none that...
View ArticleSpecial Interests and Crony Politics Stop Sunday Growler Sales for Minnesota...
The initiative to legalize Sunday liquor sales, a perennial issue at the Minnesota legislature, has once again met defeat at the hands of Minnesota lawmakers. Advocates for repeal tried a different...
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