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State sues Lakeville bar for operating without license
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Health has sued the owners of a bar in the southern Twin Cities metro area for operating as a food and beverage service without a license, the state said Saturday. The health department filed its lawsuit against Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville on Friday in Dakota...
Liquor overhaul bill would allow home delivery in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s liquor laws may undergo their most significant changes in 40 years if legislation allowing for home deliveries and the creation of a new restaurant license gets signed into law. A bill introduced by Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil, D-Albuquerque, seeks to make major...
Police, Tavern League promote COVID-19 safety in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay police and the Brown County Tavern League are working together to make sure bars and restaurants are enforcing coronavirus protocol for Sunday's NFC championship game. Police Cmdr. Kevin Warych says he saw some “pretty alarming pictures on social media,”...
The Latest: Hawaii says scarcity hinders vaccination efforts
HONOLULU — Hawaii’s leaders say limited supply is the main thing constraining distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in the state. Hawaii received 59,000 doses of the vaccine last week, but expects to get only about 32,000 this week. Still, Lt. Gov. Josh Green says the state expects to be able to...
NC restaurant workers battle worries amid COVID restrictions
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Dave Byrley opened Iconic Kitchen and Drinks in 2020 near McCormick Field, banking on the soon-to-come traffic from the ballfield and under-construction condos. “There’s no way I could have predicted a global pandemic,” he said. Byrley signed a lease right before...
Macomb gets funding to help businesses hurt by virus orders
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — Macomb County has received $4.1 million to help small businesses suffering significant financial hardships due to the coronavirus. The funding is from the state and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. through the Michigan Small Business Survival Grant Program. Businesses...
Governor eases COVID restrictions in 3 Illinois regions
CHICAGO (AP) — The spread of COVID-19 has slowed enough to ease restrictions in three Illinois regions but in other areas, including Chicago, tougher restrictions will remain in place, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday. Pritzker also announced some encouraging news for bars and restaurants, saying during...
Attorney general orders end of suit over bar's closing time
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's attorney general is ordering a county attorney to dismiss a lawsuit filed against a Bozeman bar to enforce a 10 p.m. closing time to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, something the county attorney isn't sure the attorney general can do. Attorney General Austin Knudsen...
The Latest: Coronavirus cases surging in northeast China
BEIJING — China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast, and has reported its first death attributed to COVID-19 in months. Officials said Thursday that Heilongjiang province in the region traditionally known as Manchuria recorded 43 new virus cases, most of them centered on the...
Whitmer: Michigan restaurants likely can offer dining Feb. 1
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday she hopes to let restaurants reopen for indoor dining on Feb. 1, as her health department extended a two-month ban by an additional two weeks while letting non-contact sports resume this weekend. The plan is to allow dining with mitigation...
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