SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials at Utah’s state-owned liquor stores say they’re going to dump out lower-alcohol beer left after a new state law allowing the private sale of stronger brews goes into effect. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Utah long prohibited grocery and convenience stores from selling beer stronger than […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Starting Tuesday, people convicted of hate crimes can be subject to harsher punishment, 15-year-olds can no longer be married and the state’s “stand your ground” law will get stronger. Lawmakers passed 574 bills this year, setting a record, and most of those new laws will […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed into law a compromise deal reached by state lawmakers that raises the amount of alcohol allowed in beer sold in grocery and convenience stores. Herbert announced the signing Tuesday afternoon of a law that raises the alcohol limit to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have reached a compromise deal to inch up the amount of alcohol available in beer. Republican Sen. Jerry Stevenson said Wednesday the agreement would raise alcohol limits to 4 percent, which is still relatively low but would allow for most production-line beers to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Beer snobs are raising their mugs to a stronger brew in three states that once forbade grocers from selling anything but low-alcohol brands, and the changes could indirectly chill the industry in two others where such regulations remain. Until October, Oklahoma grocery and convenience stores could […]
