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Delivery of liquor to Arkansas homes all set up
Pandemic rules soon to be laws
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Rachel Herzog
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Today at 3:53 a.m.
Arkansas State Senators vote on Senate bill 32 during the Regular Session of the 93rd General Assembly on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. The bill, which passed 19-9, will allow home delivery of alcohol by liquor stores, making permanent an emergency declaration made by Governor Hutchinson last March. See more photos at arkansasonline.com/121senate/
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A rule change spurred by the pandemic allowing Arkansas restaurants, liquor stores and breweries to deliver alcoholic beverages to customers will become state law at the end of this month.
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