Sen. Dave Osmek (R -Mound) introduced the first Senate version of a Sunday liquor sales bill, SF58. SF58 would allow off-sale transactions from 12:00pm to 10:00pm on Sundays. Expect another version at some point from long time Sunday sales champion Sen. Roger Reinert (D -Duluth).

Minnesota Beer Activists and Minnesota Distillers Guild have compiled House candidate positions on some key issues.

During an election year the Minnesota State Fair is unofficially considered the beginning of the political season. At the “Great Minnesota Get-Together” political parties set up booths booths, politicians and…

The initiative to legalize Sunday liquor sales, a perennial issue at the Minnesota legislature, has once again met defeat at the hands of Minnesota lawmakers. Advocates for repeal tried a…

Full repeal falls short Senator Brandon Peterson (R) offered an amendment for full repeal of Sunday sales. Senator Peterson clearly realizes The Volstead Act is dead and it is time to put a…

The Senate Tax Committee met this morning to finally hear the liquor omnibus. Unfortunately, the result was as expected. The Senate Tax Committee stripped Sunday growler sales from liquor omnibus…

Senate Commerce and House Commerce Committees heard several bills related to liquor, wine, and beer in Minnesota. Chairs of the commerce committees tend to only want to hear bills that…

The legislature is quickly approaching the committee deadline. House and Senate commerce chairs have not yet to added a full repeal version of Sunday liquor sales, or a local option…