For the twelfth year in a row, Washington state has the highest excise tax rate on distilled spirits in the nation, at $36.98 ...

Veritable Distillery in Stonington, Conn., is also focusing on spirits using ingredients that were available in New England ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's current term includes cases involving birthright citizenship, guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, religious rights, preventive ...

The state’s alcohol taxes are complex. Distributors, who take beverages from their producers including breweries and distilleries and deliver them to retail shops, disagree on whether those tax ...

Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration has proposed hiking the beverage tax on alcohol for retailers in New Jersey by 10% as a way to bring the state more money for its upcoming budget. The increased ...

WASHINGTON, USA — Brewers in the Pacific Northwest face rising tax challenges ... the state budget. In Oregon, Rep. Sanchez's proposal continues her years-long effort to establish alcohol ...

A 3% local tax on marijuana ... from the state "I don't obviously like revenue that's generated from something that could be perceived as negative, like cigarette taxes and alcohol taxes and ...

Lundstrom, who represents part of the most alcohol-ravaged region in the state, McKinley County, said she opposed the bill on the grounds that the county already levies a 5% sales tax on alcohol.

Johnstown is famous for its floods, but not many people know that it’s partly responsible for originating a hefty tax on all liquor in the state. “The Johnstown Flood Tax, as it's still known ...

State Rep. Tawna Sanchez (D-Portland ... Sanchez convened a work group with the alcohol industry last year; the group did not agree on a tax hike. But on March 25, at Sanchez’s request ...

With lawmakers focused heavily on the state budget for the fiscal year, and where they might increase their revenues, we decided to take an In Focus look at what exactly Maryland already taxes, and ...

Currently, across all states, the benefit can be used for "any food or food product intended for human consumption," except alcohol ... "American tax dollars should not be used to pay for junk ...