LANSING, Mich. (AP) — People could order cocktails for pickup or delivery from Michigan bars and restaurants through 2025 under a bill that won final approval Wednesday and will be signed by Gov....

HONOLULU (AP) — A liquor control commission has launched an investigation of a Hawaii brewery for giving away hand sanitizer with purchases of its beer.

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's liquor control agency has called a movie theater bar in suburban Omaha to account for accidentally serving two customers cocktails that contained cleaning...

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont town has approved exterior design plans for a liquor distillery and tasting room to be located in a former garage building.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho agency that sells whiskey, vodka and other distilled spirits wants relocate or remodel nine of its liquor stores.

State Liquor Division Director Jeffrey Anderson also told the Legislature's budget-setting Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the agency needs more warehouse employees and pallet jacks because it's selling more liquor.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A ban intending to clamp down on hard liquor at frat house parties following pledge deaths last year has been ordered for most fraternities in the United States and Canada, unless the drinks are served by someone with a liquor license.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Officials have broken ground on a Montpelier distillery that represents a fast-growing part of Vermont's economy.

Caledonia Spirits celebrated groundbreaking of the new 26,000-square-foot facility Thursday with a cocktail party attended by city officials, representatives from Vermont's congressional delegation and Gov. Phil Scott.

The new distillery is expected to open in May and create 25 to 30 new jobs paying an average of $30,000 a year.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on global whiskey associations calling on world leaders to end trade conflicts (all times local):

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Their spirits producers might compete for sales in bars and liquor stores, but the top whiskey associations are uniting to urge world leaders to defuse trade tensions that are threatening to hurt industry sales.

RICHMOND, Vt. (AP) — Vermont distilleries are in about the same place the state's breweries were 30 years ago, says Adam Overbay, co-owner of Old Route Two Spirits in Barre. Ready to take on the world.

Overbay says the number of distilleries in Vermont is growing rapidly. The state has gone from three distilleries in 2004 to 28 distilleries in 2018, according to the Vermont Department of Liquor Control.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Vendors could soon sell hard liquor at events in two major city parks under a proposal coming before the Salem City Council on Tuesday.

The Statesman Journal reports the proposal would allow hard liquor sales at Salem's Riverfront Park and Bush's Pasture Park.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Liquor Commission is going to carry craft tequilas from Mexico at some of its state liquor and wine outlets.

The commission said Friday it has worked over the last year with trade and investment officials at the Mexican government's ProMéxico trust that promotes trade and foreign investment. It also met with tequila distillers to identify rare, ultra-premium craft tequila with limited to no U.S. distribution.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls officials are looking into local food laws after an online business selling alcohol-infused cupcakes closed amid legal uncertainty.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia distillers may soon be toasting the General Assembly after the Senate passed a bill to let liquor manufacturers keep more of the money from selling their spirits in tasting rooms.

Currently, distilleries must sell their bottles to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, then buy them back at full retail price before pouring samples inside their tasting rooms. The markup averages 69 percent and can be as high as 93 percent, according to ABC.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A planned gin distillery will have to get approval from the Mississippi Department of Revenue to operate after a local government rejected it.

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors declined to recommend resort status for the project, which would have allowed for it to serve alcohol in an area where sales are otherwise banned, the Oxford Eagle reported .

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The Pendleton Round-Up's branded whisky has been sold to a Mexican liquor conglomerate for $205 million.

The East Oregonian reports that the parent company of the Jose Cuervo line of tequilas announced the purchase of the Pendleton Whisky brand from Hood River Distillers on Thursday.

Hood River Distillers will continue to bottle the whiskey.

Round-Up Publicity Director Randy Thomas said the sale was a success story.

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Tell the clerks you're buying that Mississippi bourbon for your holiday fruit cake.

They'll never know if you take a nip for yourself.

The first bourbon whiskey legally distilled in Mississippi is hitting liquor store shelves.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — For decades, Hedy Steinbart has made cherry-infused vodka out of her Lansing home for family parties and holidays.

Now Steinbart, 92, can go to the liquor store and buy a bottle of her own concoction.

Her grandson, Kyle Miller, of Chicago, contracted a distillery to mass produce Oma's cherry-infused vodka and launched the brand this winter in Illinois. Oma's is now distributed in Michigan and available at six stores in Greater Lansing.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Legislation allowing consumers to purchase up to six bottles of craft liquor per label a year is heading to the desk of Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

The Florida Senate passed the bill (HB 141) unanimously on Friday. The current law, which was approved in 2013, allows customers to purchase only two bottles per label per year. Consumers will be able to purchase from a gift shop located on the distiller's property.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Here's a topic for barroom chats: Are today's whiskeys better than old-time spirits? Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill that could stir those conversations.

The legislation sent to Gov. Matt Bevin by the state Senate would allow vintage bottles of spirits to be put back into circulation in the state known as the world's bourbon capital.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Floridians may soon be able to buy bourbon and bacon in the same place under a bill moving quickly through the state Legislature.

A Senate panel on Thursday voted in favor of a bill that repeals a decades-old prohibition on grocery stores and other retailers from being able to also sell hard liquor in the same location. The measure (SB 106) now heads to the full Senate.