On May 19, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed legislation allowing the sale of distilled spirits from state agency liquor stores on Sundays and Mondays, making Montana the 44th state to […]
Read MoreIn April, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed a 20% alcohol excise tax increase – the latest in a long history of DISCUS tax victories. Since, 2001, 461 out […]
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On March 31, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed into law legislation phasing out the “barrel tax.”
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On February 9, DISCUS announced at its annual economic briefing the spirits industry’s historic market share milestone – U.S. spirits revenue took lead share of the total U.S. beverage alcohol […]
Read MoreOn June 17, Alaska approved off-premise tastings. Since 1999, 28 states have passed or expanded consumer spirits tastings laws.
Read MoreOn June 1, DISCUS and the Scotch Whisky Association toasted to the end of the debilitating retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskey and Scotch Whisky, which had been in place since […]
Read MoreOn October 3, the first ever bottle of distilled spirits was sold on a Sunday in North Carolina following the passage of HB 890 which allowed distilleries to sell distilled […]
Read MoreOn May 24, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a measure increasing market access to spirits-based RTDs and reducing their taxes, representing a big win on the new lobbying […]
Read MoreOn March 11, President Biden signed the DISCUS-backed Covid relief package into law which included $28.6 billion for hospitality businesses.
Read MoreOn December 27, President Trump signed into law the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019, making permanent the federal excise tax reduction for distillers. Quote: “While distilleries […]
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