article (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Two Florida state senators have uncorked proposals to make permanent a coronavirus emergency order that allowed restaurants and other food establishments with liquor licenses to include alcohol with “to-go” orders. Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, and Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, […]
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Alcohol To Go Would Become Permanent Under Proposal Co-Signed By Brandes
Two state senators have uncorked proposals to make permanent a coronavirus emergency order that allowed restaurants and other food establishments with liquor licenses to include alcohol with “to-go” orders. Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, and Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, separately filed measures that would allow a business holding a […]
Love alcohol to-go? Florida’s pandemic benefit could become permanent
TALLAHASSEE — Two state senators have uncorked proposals to make permanent a coronavirus emergency order that allowed restaurants and other food establishments with liquor licenses to include alcohol with “to-go” orders. Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, and Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, separately filed measures that would allow a business […]
2 Florida senators introduce bills to make ‘alcohol to go’ permanent
Jim Turner and Tom Urban | News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Two state senators have uncorked proposals to make permanent a coronavirus emergency order that allowed restaurants and other food establishments with liquor licenses to include alcohol with “to-go” orders. Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, and Sen. Jennifer Bradley, […]
Senators call for passage of bill to cement alcohol excise tax relief
A bipartisan group of more than 50 senators is urging leaders of the chamber to pass legislation that would make permanent excise tax relief for brewers, winemakers and distillers. “As businesses struggle to retain workers and stay open, allowing the current rates to lapse would force many businesses across the county […]
Alcohol industry ramps up pressure on Congress for tax relief
Business groups are rallying to push Congress to extend alcohol excise tax relief provisions that expire at the end of an already challenging year for the industry. Trade organizations representing brewers, winemakers and distillers are designating Tuesday as a day of action for businesses to urge lawmakers to pass an […]
Out of drug and alcohol addiction, Raiders TE Darren Waller also finds purpose
Darren Waller could sense his star beginning to rise last August, when his journey from drug and alcohol addiction to sobriety, and ultimately the NFL’s Raiders, was chronicled on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” Selected by Baltimore in the sixth round of the 2015 draft, Waller was suspended from the Ravens due […]