NEWS & MEDIA

Tap into New Brunswick (May 2, 2025) – New Jersey’s Proposed Alcohol Tax is Bad for Small Businesses and State Revenue

KIRO News Radio 97.3FM (April 23, 2025) – ‘It’s an unfair playing field’: Jake and Spike slam new beer tax proposal

Source New Mexico (April 11, 2025) – NM Governor nixes new license plates, state bread, lobbying disclosure

Reuters (March 18, 2025) – With beer drinking down in US, barley farmers now fear tariffs

Burlington Free Press (March 11, 2025) – The state of beer in VT: Lost Nation Brewing in Morrisville – ‘We have overcome insane odds’

Los Alamos Daily Post (February 20, 2025) – Bill To Create New Alcohol Tax Faces Industry Opposition

NJ.com (April 21, 2025) – Jersey Shore bar owner warns alcohol tax hike could be ‘final blow’ for many N.J. businesses

Westword (April 26, 2024) – Craft Brewers Unhappy With Legislative Proposal for First Increase to Excise Tax Since 1981

Colorado Politics (Apr 9, 2024) – Colorado alcohol tax proposal combines bad politics, bad policy | OPINION

Santa Fe New Mexican (Feb 14, 2023) – Raising alcohol taxes would hurt businesses

Albuquerque Journal (Feb 2, 2024) – OPINION: Lawmakers must be cautious when considering raising alcohol taxes

KOAT Albuquerque (Jan 31, 2024) – Bill to increase taxes on alcohol in New Mexico proposed in state legislature

The Oregonian (Jan 30, 2024) – Oregon never publicized a study it funded that found higher beer, wine taxes would barely stem heavy drinking

Albuquerque Journal (Jan 28, 2024) – OPINION: Jacking alcohol taxes would impair small businesses, hurt blue-collar workers

Albuquerque Journal (Jan 13, 2024) – EDITORIAL: Jacking up alcohol taxes is the last thing local restaurants and bars need

The Center Square (Apr 6, 2021) – Op-Ed: West Virginia mulls an ill-advised alcohol tax increase

Forbes (Mar 31, 2021) – West Virginia’s Brewing Industry Confronts A Crossroads

Save the Beer Economy (Mar 17, 2021) – National Coalition Thanks New Mexico Lawmakers for Supporting Bars and Restaurants

Albuquerque Journal (Mar 7, 2021) – Wrong time for liquor overhaul

Santa Fe New Mexican (Mar 3, 2021) – Some liquor sellers object to proposed alcohol tax to fund New Mexico license overhaul

Capital Gazette (Feb 7, 2021) – David Marberger: Increasing Maryland’s alcohol taxes might kill my business | COMMENTARY

The Frederick News-Post (Feb 6, 2021) – Alcohol tax hike not in the best spirit for businesses

The Frederick News-Post (Jan 31, 2021) – Bill could lead to higher alcohol taxes on businesses

Maryland Reporter (Jan 29, 2021) – WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PUB? HERE’S HOW

The Baltimore Sun (Jan 27, 2021) – Higher alcohol tax would hurt weakened hospitality industry | READER COMMENTARY

Maryland Matters (Jan 26, 2021) – Opinion: Our Bar’s Christmas Wish Didn’t Come True. Here’s What We Need in 2021

The Dundalk Eagle (Jan 19, 2021) – Proposed tax increase has local alcohol merchants worried