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Show A-20 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 16-19, 2019 The Park Record Lawmakers keep macro brew taps going in Utah Agreement raises alcohol limit in grocery stores YOU DERSERVE THE BEST. LINDSEY WHITEHURST Associated Press ARE YOU GETTING IT? Your SALT LAKE CITY — Alcohol limits for beer at Utah grocery stores inched closer to the rest of the country Wednesfinancial future is important. Make sure you’re in the day under a legislative compromise in the state where the right hands. predominant faith teaches abstinence from alcohol. The agreement would raise alcohol limits to 4 percent starting in November, a level Raymond James & Associates, Inc. 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WE DO. Call us to provide you with a complete rental performance analysis. Best Property Management Company 2018 | 2017 | 2016 products, though, because the market is shrinking as other states like Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas abandon similar limits. The emptier shelves are difficult for stores that depend on revenue from beer sales, Stevenson has said. He originally wanted to raise alcohol limits to 4.8 percent, but The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposed the idea. The state Senate passed it anyway, but it stalled in the House amid concern about the potential side effects. If signed into law, the deal would also avoid the possibility of a ballot initiative seeking the approval of higher alcohol limits from voters who have bucked state lawmakers on other hot-button issues like medical marijuana and Medicaid expansion. Utah also hosts an active microbrewery community, and many brewers had opposed the incremental 4.8 increase that they said would benefit big companies over locals. The Utah Brewers Guild did not take a position on the compromise deal. Ex-Interior chief cleared in corruption investigation Zinke was thought to have violated Hatch Act Associated Press Best Vacation Rental Service 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 limit would allow most, but not all, regular-strength beers in private stores and on tap, said Kate Bradshaw, a lobbyist with the Responsible Beer Choice Coalition, a group of manufacturers, distributers and sellers. “It’s the biggest change in Utah alcohol history in 86 years, since prohibition ended,” she said. A task force would also be assigned to study whether to raise the limits again. Higher-strength beer, wine and spirits are only available at state-owned liquor stores in Utah. The compromise is palatable for the church as well. Marty Stephens, director of government relations, said the faith still had concerns but considers the compromise an improvement and won’t oppose it. The deal cleared its biggest hurdle, the state House of Representatives, Wednesday night, and fared well in the state Senate. Utah now limits beer to 3.2 percent alcohol at grocery and convenience stores, which stock weaker versions of popular beers. Large breweries have been discontinuing those WASHINGTON – A government watchdog says former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke didn’t engage in illegal political activity when he went to Pennsylvania about a year ago to announce federal grants shortly before a special House election. The Office of Special Counsel released its finding this week clearing Zinke, saying the coal dump site where Zinke made the announcement about $55 million to clean up mines nationwide was an appropriate choice. A federal law known as the Hatch Act bars executive branch officials from engaging in political activities. 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