Michigan is one of 18 states in which the state government itself … statewide wholesaler for all hard liquor (or “spirits”) sold to consumers … status as a so-called “liquor control” state, and eliminate … 152-employee Michigan Liquor Control Commission. As wholesaler, … retailers by imposing a price control floor, below which stores …
… calling on the Legislature to change Michigan’s alcohol control policies. In particular, the editorial … Policy Initiative, showing that Michigan’s regulatory regime leads to a 37 percent mark-up on spirituous liquor compared to neighboring Indiana.
… intentions behind alcohol-control policies — principal among … data, however, shows that Michigan’s current alcohol-control policies are not delivering … can see how well alcohol-control policies work. Numerous studies, … maintain state-run wholesale liquor monopolies. Comparing DUI …
… As Gov. Rick Snyder’s Liquor Control Advisory Rules Committee … policy experts indicates that liquor prices are higher in Michigan … Fiscal Policy Initiative. “Michigan liquor consumers may essentially … recommendations for reforming Michigan’s liquor control system, which was … According to the state Liquor Control Commission’s 2009 Revenue, Sales …
… heard from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission which says they … bottom-to-top look at the entire liquor control code and remove its innumerable … He telephoned the Liquor Control Commission to see if the license … barriers embedded in the Michigan liquor control code and regulations. … is a shame that the liquor commission can get away with making …
… why he robbed banks. In Michigan, the “bank” is the state … a lucky favor-seeker — a Michigan beer and wine wholesaler. … spirits. Another rule prohibits liquor stores from being located … Gov. Rick Snyder convened a commission to review Michigan’s alcohol control code and recommend changes. …
… why he robbed banks. In Michigan, the “bank” is the state … a lucky favor-seeker — a Michigan beer and wine wholesaler. … spirits. Another rule prohibits liquor stores from being located … Gov. Rick Snyder convened a commission to review Michigan’s alcohol control code and recommend changes. …
… against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission over illegal … in testimony before the commission last June I recommended … is distressing that the Commission has chosen to continue enforcing … the following: “Both the Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers … communications with persons outside the liquor industry may not be the Commission’s …
… LaFaive visited the Michigan Liquor Control Commission's Lansing office in the … cents per page. LaFaive advised the Commission he did not want paper copies. Nevertheless, … Affairs, which oversees the liquor commission, said they hadn't been served … Luce-Herrmann, general counsel for the Michigan Press Association, said there is …
… for Public Policy announces its victory in persuading the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to release public information at a more reasonable cost. … Vice President Michael J. Reitz, who also serves as a board member of the Michigan Coalition for Open Government. “Government agencies should be willing …
… of reforming the Michigan Liquor Control Code and its related … some groups and residents in Michigan are “on edge” over what the … (Michigan) have plenty of liquor licenses and plenty of beverages … undermine the “more government control equals more safety” approach … for reforming the Michigan Liquor Control Code to go www.mac …
… reforms of the state’s alcohol control regime law and associated … than protect the profits of Michigan’s beer and wine wholesaler … pandemic, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission said it would … reforms announced by the commission, however, was permission … reasonable argument about why hard liquor needs to be treated so much …
… what does not happen in Michigan’s beer and wine markets, thanks … changes to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission; a “hold” rule … upon a written order of the commission. Research shows that such … review of the state’s liquor control system, which a federal … reforming the state’s alcohol control system, but repeal of these …
An Op-Ed by two Mackinac Center experts in today’s Detroit News outline the regulatory reforms Michigan should take to make the state’s alcohol distribution system less monopolistic and more favorable to consumers. Michael LaFaive, director of the Center’s Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative, and Todd Nesbit, …
… end. But 29 states including Michigan still prosecute a kind of … shipped through a state-licensed liquor authority. The Michigan law is a relic from 1934, … Nonetheless, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission does make an … 10 million residents, the commission seized more than a hundred …
… examine why the Michigan Liquor Control Commission continues to … price collusion between Michigan’s beer and wine wholesalers. … their products with the commission, which then makes them available … chairman of the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. It is my hope … Reinvention did approve the liquor commission's request to review the …
… Center for Public Policy and the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) have resolved a dispute over … electronic form but not on paper. The Michigan Liquor Control Commission agreed to reduce its fee to just … LaFaive requested data from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission on alcohol pricing. LaFaive was …
… LaFaive, director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative, to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.) Thank you Commissioners. My name is Michael LaFaive and … suffocate competition to the benefit of narrow special interests, such as Michigan's beer and wine wholesalers, and do so at the expense of consumers. In …
Liquor stores nationwide are about to see their first major … liquor sales in the states. Michigan is no exception, but with … included in the eight that are control states. Control states impose … prices. The Michigan Liquor Control Commission uses their published … increase in the length of a liquor control code was associated with …
… against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to make a point … civil liberties after the liquor agency tried to ban the sale … its beers in the state of Michigan. A six-year legal battle … brewery. The court said the commission violated the company's freedom … that governing bodies can't control or regulate their products …
The state of Michigan is believed to have been the only state … peculiar prohibition on one liquor store being located within … changed when the Michigan Liquor Control Commission rescinded the … They would override the commission’s decision and restore the … codified.” The Michigan Liquor Control Commission did have an …
… glasses to beer distributors in Michigan and the price includes the … In fact, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission has a rule that … would make law of the liquor commission's current rule. Michigan … is going to look at the commission's bar logo rule, which some … National Alcohol Beverage Control Association's 2012 survey, …
… system, the state buys all the liquor, or “spirits,” distributed in Michigan. Our government, via the Liquor Control Commission, slaps its own price mark-up on liquor before imposing an array of taxes and price controls, effectively protecting the …
Michigan is one of 18 states in which the state government itself … statewide wholesaler for all hard liquor (or “spirits”) sold to consumers … status as a so-called “liquor control” state and eliminate or … 152-employee Michigan Liquor Control Commission. As wholesaler, … retailers by imposing a price control floor, below which stores …
Recommendations for changing Michigan’s alcohol control policies would exempt craft brewers from signing … distributors enjoy and how the state can revamp its liquor laws to benefit consumers. LaFaive examined the …
… permission to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to open a review of alcohol control rules. The Mackinac Center … prices with the Michigan Liquor Control Commission and then hold … doing so reads in part: Michigan's citizens deserve a regulatory … eliminated in order to make Michigan's regulatory system more simple, …
Michigan has the strongest restrictions on branded barware in … flexibility. Since alcohol control rules do not positively affect public health or safety, Michigan should consider curtailing … eliminating the Liquor Control Commission, ending the distributor … virtually no impact on most Michigan taxpayers and alcohol con …
… are protected by current liquor control regulations.” Senate Bill … bottle openers, stir rods, liquor drink menus, patio umbrellas … packaging used to hold and deliver liquor purchased by the retailer. … be set based on demand. If Michigan businesses are limited, it … differences between the 18 control states and the 32 license …
… called “The Michigan Liquor Control Commission and the Three-Tier … overview of the state's liquor control reform recommendations. … recommendations sent to the Liquor Control Commission's advisory panel. … committee. Aug. 4: “Rethink Michigan’s Liquor Distribution System” … LaFaive. July 26: “Michigan Liquor Control Code too Controlling” …
… similar regulation — it prevents liquor stores from operating within … news is that the Liquor Control Commission is repealing this … commercial enterprise — not even liquor stores — should be arbitrarily … dissertation for the University of Michigan, titled “Urban-Rural Influences … research that shows state liquor controls does not affect alcohol-related …
The Michigan Liquor Control Commission (LCC) has given us a … not leave the business of liquor distribution. It divested … and (half) barrel. Instead, Michigan consumers got a distilled … Arthurhultz to chair the Liquor Control Commission. Arthurhultz has … reported in April 1996, "Michigan liquor sales [declined] about …
… names of its new 21-member Liquor Control Advisory Rules Committee. … extensively on the state’s Liquor Control Commission and Michigan Liquor Control Code and will continue … Commentary: Rethink Michigan's Liquor Distribution System … Video: The Michigan Liquor Control Commission and the Three-Tier …
… ruling has held that Michigan liquor stores aren’t exempt from … years, the state’s Liquor Control Commission has imposed a “half-mile rule” that required liquor stores to be at least that … each other. Last year, the commission evaluated the rule and found … competition would be limited. Michigan Court of Claims Judge Stephen …
… no surprise that we find Michigan’s alcohol control regime problematic, because … Indeed, parts of the state liquor code read as if it were written … rules from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission protect insiders, … products to the Liquor Control Commission in Lansing. They …
… Rick Snyder’s 21-member Liquor Control Advisory Rules Committee. … recommend improvements to Michigan’s system of alcohol control, a strange and distorted vestige … territory. Strip from the Michigan Liquor Control Code the requirement … held by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission over a fine …
… business. A new state “Liquor Control Advisory Rules Committee” … week of August. Also, the Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers … and consumers. Michigan’s liquor control code contains 74,029 … promulgated by the state Liquor Control Commission itself. The LCC was … overkill, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission has admitted …
… Information Act lawsuit in Midland County Circuit Court against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission over illegal fees the government agency attempted to charge … $69,638.40. It defies belief that the lowest paid employee at the Liquor Control Commission capable of this task makes nearly $70,000 a year.” Wilcox also …
… fiduciary, trustee or executor control of digital assets: Passed 106 … House Bill 4895, Let larger liquor retailers operate secondary … a retail store that has a liquor license to sell beer and wine … the same state oversight commission created to oversee the city … every bill and vote in the Michigan House and Senate. Please …
… chain, however, but by a Michigan government agency — the Liquor Control Commission, empowered to be … government of the state of Michigan involved in the details of … promotions related to retail liquor sales? This letter is not … bizarre. For more on state liquor control see the essay “State Pours …
… state Natural Resources Commission in 2018. Versions of the … Senate Bill 349, Let some liquor distillers get higher price … 9 in the Senate To allow liquor makers to get a higher wholesale … grain they use is grown in Michigan. Under Michigan's extraordinarily detailed "liquor control" regulatory regime, the …
… today asked the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to rescind Michigan’s “post and hold” rules that … request was made at the commission’s semi-annual public hearing … aimed at reforming Michigan’s liquor control laws, including eight … recommendations he made to the Liquor Control Advisory Rules Committee. …
… studied the issue of alcohol control and reform and have published … impact on the price of hard liquor and beer while calling for … committee. Parts of the Michigan Liquor Control Code read as if it … alcohol reform — pulling down Michigan’s “three-tier system” of alcohol control which prohibits, among other …
LANSING Critics of Michi-gans liquor privatization efforts have been given … anti-privatization fodder with the latest Liquor Control Commission (LCC) financial report. … of the fully-implemented private liquor delivery system saw a drop in state … note: For more on this subject, see "Liquor Privatization: Pouring a 200-Proof …
… financial management of the liquor distribution process, which … dealt with if the Liquor Control Commission established written … their jobs. But Liquor Control Commission Chairman Jacquelyn … first seven months of 1998. Michigan Privatization Report criticized … heavily involved in fixing liquor prices and other aspects of …
… against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. The commission attempted to charge $1,550 … the 10 days specified in Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act). … the real impact of alcohol control regulations on consumers, … price changes at the Liquor Control Commission, an act that lets …
Michigan is one of 17 states that regulate alcohol sales most … now chairs the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, lauded the … wrote, “Michigan’s current liquor control system has proven, since … compliance with the state’s liquor laws and manage the density … at work and that Michigan’s liquor control policies give the …
… 45 in the House To revise Michigan campaign finance law provisions … “salespersons license” mandate on liquor industry: Passed 106 to 1 … essentially convert a Liquor Control Commission rule into state law. … Revise marketing detail in liquor control regulatory regime: Passed … revise the expansive Michigan liquor control regulatory regime …
… recommendations for reform of Michigan’s alcohol control system to … Rick Snyder’s 21-member Liquor Control Advisory Rules Committee. … mandates. Strip from the Michigan Liquor Control Code the mandate that … so fast the Michigan Liquor Control Commission’s well-intentioned … Commentary: Rethink Michigan's Liquor Distribution System …
… reforming the state’s alcohol control law and its associated rules. … than protect the profits of Michigan’s beer and wine wholesaler … pandemic, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission said it would … reforms announced by the commission last month was permission … reasonable argument about why hard liquor needs to be treated so much …
The Michigan Liquor Control Commission has suspended the liquor license of another Michigan restaurant for violating … health department. The latest liquor license suspension occurred … release issued through the Michigan State Police. The state …
