Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The nomination of Treg Taylor to be the Governor s Attorney General was approved during a joint session of the Legislature after objections were raised and after extensive debate.
Taylor was ultimately confirmed on a combined vote of 35 to 24. The vote among Senators was 12 to 7. The House vote was 23 to 17.
The Governor s other cabinet nominees, James Cockrell at Public Safety and Lucinda Mahoney at Revenue, were approved.
Following extensive debate, the nomination of Abe Williams to serve on the Board of Fish was rejected 41 to 18.
The nomination of John Cox of Anchor Point to serve on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board was rejected. The vote was 30 to 29 in favor of his nomination, but he needed one more vote to constitute a simple majority of the 60 member legislature.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - COVID-19 has put the brakes on many fundraisers and group events, but as more get the vaccine and businesses start the process to get back to full capacity, events are also making a comeback.
One of those events returns in June. Heavenly Village in South Lake Tahoe is hosting its fourth Brewfest on June 19, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The cost is $30 per person which gives participants a wristband and commemorative glass to be filled up. A portion of the proceeds will go to support Christmas Cheer. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
Besides beer, there will be live music, spirits, kombucha, soda tasting, and live music in the Village.
Wine
shipping regulations in the U.S. are complex and confusing, with different rules in different states. While consumer-to-consumer shipping is prohibited nationwide, most licensed wineries and retailers allow you to send wine to yourself as well as to others as a gift. But which states exactly can you ship to? How much are you legally allowed to send – to yourself, as well as to family and friends? And what states can you not ship wine to at all? (Because, sadly, some states do prohibit sending wine by mail all together!) Whether you’re shipping wine from California to New York,
Alabama for years stood out as a state where alcohol could not be shipped through the mail. Collins said she began working on the legislation years ago after discovering the issue when she tried to send a present to her mother.
“I wanted to send a Mothers’ Day Basket to my mother and at the disclosure at the bottom said everywhere but Alabama. I was like, ‘What? We can’t do that?’” Collins recalled. “Working with lots of interested parties, we may have maybe made that happen,” Collins said.
Collins described the approved legislation as a compromise. Only wine producers could do shipments and not retailers. “You can’t go to amazon.com and get your wine,” Collins said.
Alabama News
MONTGOMERY, Ala (AP) – Alabamians might soon be able to have wine delivered in the mail. The Alabama Senate on Thursday voted 27-0 for the bill by Republican Rep. Terri Collins. The House of Representatives voted 88-5 to accept Senate changes to the bill. It now goes to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature. The bill would allow wineries to obtain a direct wine shipper license from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to ship limited quantities of wine directly to Alabama residents 21 and older. Retailers could not ship to residents.
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