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OPINION: Last call
Attorney Caleb Trotter writes, "The day for New Jersey’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control bureaucrats to sober up has arrived."
NJ lawmakers consider compromise for liquor license reform (updated)
As the lame duck session draws to a close, Trenton is still working to relieve pressure on breweries as well as bring meaningful change to laws governing the sale of alcohol that have not been updated since the 1960s.
Murphy reportedly expects to conditionally veto brewery bill post-election
Brewers Guild of New Jersey Executive Director Eric Orlando called the move, and plans to tie corrective measures for the craft beer industry in with reforms to the state's liquor licensing laws, "extremely disappointing," adding that “[t]he more than 140 craft breweries in our state are at their heart small businesses, and regardless of what industry a small business works in, they cannot be as[...]
Poll: Majority supports changes to NJ’s liquor license laws
The Rutgers-Eagleton survey found that 71% of respondents believe small towns should be given additional retail consumption allowances, enabling more restaurants and bars to serve alcohol.
NJ liquor store owners form business association
The launch was announced a day after an Assembly committee heard a series of measures that seek to loosen the state’s Prohibition-era alcohol license laws.
Mayors come out in support of Murphy’s proposed liquor license overhaul
“Given the exorbitant costs ... coupled with the lack of availability and the existing population cap for municipalities, the present system favors the economically advantaged while hampering mom-and-pop businesses and towns with smaller populations," an open letter signed by the municipal leaders said, urging lawmakers to act on “comprehensive reform."
Lawmakers to take up liquor license system reform
The measure would expand the number of plenary retail consumption allowances by gradually relaxing an existing cap as well as lowering the costs for restaurants and bars seeking to obtain one.
FDU poll: NJ residents split over Murphy’s liquor license expansion
In January, the governor pledged to reform the “antiquated and confusing” regulations, which were drafted after federal Prohibition ended, during his annual State of the State Address.
Sides struggle to find right mix for NJ liquor license reforms
Gov. Phil Murphy recently pledged to revamp the state's “antiquated and confusing” regulations, which were drafted after federal Prohibition ended.
