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January 24, 2014

Craft beer brewers seek on-site sales

Mississippi’s burgeoning craft brewing industry and beer distributors are at odds over brewers wanting to sell directly to customers who visit them. The state’s temperance laws, dating to the post-Prohibition 1930s, require a “three-tiered” system. Beer manufacturers must use a distributor to sell to stores and restaurants. “Brewpub” restaurants are allowed to sell beer they…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 24, 2014

Wiggins drops DMR accountability bill

A bill filed in the state Senate is designed to keep the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources intact, allow timely agency reorganization and improve accountability, said Sen. Brice Wiggins, the bill’s sponsor. Read more at Sunherald