Lawmakers on Beacon Hill weighed a bill Tuesday that supporters say would level the playing field for small beer brewers, while opponents say it would irreparably damage the craft-brewing industry that supports it. An overflow crowd gathered for the hearing, spilling into a State House hallway.
The legislation would rewrite the law on beer distribution to let some brewers end relationships with distributors. Under the current law, a beer supplier can only terminate its contract with a distributor if the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission determines that the distributor has violated one of five statutorily defined conditions.
BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh's bid to host a Labor Day weekend IndyCar race next year ran into some sharp curves today as reports surfaced suggesting taxpayer money will be needed to stage the three-day Grand Prix of Boston, while some neighborhood residents asserted that the race is illegal.
The Boston Herald reported that race organizers have met with state and other so-called quasi-public agencies to "hammer out contracts to tap public resources" to help pay for the event, planned in South Boston's Seaport District.
