The state is considering allowing grocery stores to sell wine – the money from new liquor licenses would help ease a budget crunch. But the powerful liquor store lobby has other ideas.
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(AP) — A valuable bottle of whiskey has gone missing from a South Florida liquor store.<p/> According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the stolen 200th Anniversary Johnnie Walker Blue Label is one of just six bottles of its kind that were distributed in Florida. more …

The liquor company Brown-Forman Corp. says its first-quarter profit rose 38 percent as it reduced operating expenses and raised prices. more …

Texas’ liquor board fired two agents and a supervisor and disciplined two other supervisors over a raid at a gay bar that left a customer with a serious head injury, officials announced Friday. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said agent Christopher…

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National sales of Washington wines through grocery and liquor stores rose 9.1 percent to $346.7 million for the year ended July 25, almost double the 4.7 percent gain for all wines sold through those channels, according to a Nielsen report released by the Washington Wine Commission. more …

Officials with the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission say the county is the 49th of 77 Oklahoma counties to approve liquor by the drink more …