Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses a compromise bill supported by N.C. craft brewers and distributors. Kokai offered these comments for a March 14, 2019, report on WTVD (ABC11).
JLF’s Mitch Kokai assesses deal between craft brewers, distributors
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