By Benjamin Yount | Illinois News Network The push to raise Illinois’ smoking age could put lawmakers and parents in a couple of difficult situations. Advocates and lawmakers say it’s simple: Raise Illinois’ smoking age to 21, fewer people will start smoking, and the state will be healthier. But the larger conversation is a bit…
Source: ABL January 26, 2018 American Beverage Licensees (ABL) announced additional speakers for the 2018 ABL Annual Meeting, to be held March 11-13, 2018 at Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel & Casino in New Orleans, Louisiana. Additional announcements are expected in the coming weeks that will build on a program already rich with unique perspectives on…
In some spots, that’s not likely to change soon, officials say By Dave Taylor Tribune-Star Jan 26, 2018 It looks like this will be the year Indiana ends its ban on Sunday sales of package liquor. The state House and Senate have passed separate but virtually identical bills to allow carryout sales seven days a…
by Jacqueline Francis Wednesday, January 24th 2018 A new liquor code could mean new bars, fewer restrictions and even the possibility to ‘sip n shop’. (WCCU) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCCU) — The City of Champaign is all liquored up. Per the city’s current liquor code, only 60 Class A liquor licenses can be issued. Right now,…
• By Scot Bertram | Illinois News Network One state lawmaker says now is the time for Illinois to push forward on gaming expansion. State Senator Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, says a bill that would allow for up to six new casinos in the state already has passed the Senate and it’s simply waiting for the…
Source: Law360 By Hannah Meisel January 19, 2018 The Illinois Supreme Court found Friday that the state’s anti-hazing statute allows sorority women at an event where a Northern Illinois University fraternity pledge drank himself to death to face liability along with the frat in a suit filed by the student’s father. The state’s high…
Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/ Dana Branham, Breaking news reporter January 19th Mothers Against Drunk Driving largely supports recommendations from a group of scientists urging states to adopt laws that they say would reduce drunken driving, but MADD maintains its support for the current 0.08 drunken-driving threshold. The scientists, commissioned by the U.S. government, recommended that states…
Source: ABL January 17, 2018 American Beverage Licensees (ABL) Executive Director John Bodnovich issued the following statement regarding the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study “Getting to Zero Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities: A Comprehensive Approach to a Persistent Problem”. “Independent beverage business owners, with strong ties to their local communities, have long been engaged in…
Source: Fox News By JOAN LOWY | Associated Press January 17th A prestigious scientific panel is recommending that states significantly lower their drunken driving thresholds as part of a blueprint to eliminate the “entirely preventable” 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving deaths in the United States each year. The U.S. government-commissioned, 489-page report by a panel of the…
By WIFR Newsroom | Posted: Tue 7:49 PM, Jan 09, 2018 Updated: Tue 10:43 PM, Jan 09, 2018 ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – For more than two decades, the city of Rockford has worked without home rule. Now leaders and business owners are taking a look at the positives and negatives of taking power back from…