Georgia
Bill in Georgia Senate seeks to change how Georgia breweries sell beer
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – After a year of lobbying, breweries have legislation on the table that could change how you get your beer from your favorite local brewery.
Frog Rock Brewery Owner Robert Friess has a petition at his brewery that could change how breweries sell to customers.
SB 163 would give brewers control of how their beer will be distributed and eliminate a limit on sales made elsewhere.
“If you look across Georgia at these real towns, many of them have developed around breweries. We have a couple of restaurants in the local area that want to have our beer on draft, we’ve called local distributors but they haven’t called us back, but that’s what we really need to make this thrive,” said Friess.
Without a distributor, he can’t sell to restaurants, bars, or liquor stores. Customers can only buy beer at his brewery.
According to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, the number of craft breweries increased from 45 to 155 between 2015 and 2021. They support the bill and feel Georgia’s antiquated distribution laws requiring wholesaler involvement are hindering additional growth.
“Efforts to change distribution laws will weaken a system that offers safeguards for our youth, provides more than 5,000 jobs statewide, ensures a consistent revenue stream to state and local government, and, most importantly, guarantees thousands of choices of good beer on store shelves, at bars and in local breweries,” the Georgia Beer Wholesalers Association said.
As of January, the petition going to state lawmakers has over 7,000 signatures.
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PERRY, Ga. (WALB) — The Georgia National Fair announced ticket pricing changes for 2026 in a Facebook post.
Children ages 3-10 will now require a $5 admission ticket.
Adult tickets purchased with cash at the entry gate will cost $20, excluding discounted admission days. Adults paying with a card at the gate will pay $15.
All online transactions will include a processing fee.
Discounted admission days will be $10 for everyone. Seniors 60 and up are $10 every day.
For more ticket information and fair dates, visit https://www.georgianationalfair.com/p/getconnected/pricing.
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GEORGIA, Ga. (WALB) — A new bill introduced to the Georgia Senate could create a constitutional amendment to restrict voting to legal U.S. citizens.
The bill, Senate Resolution 4EX says, “No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people.”
If passed, Georgians will vote on the constitutional amendment in the November election.
Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger said “I have been calling on the legislature for years to pass this amendment to the state constitution. I am glad to see the legislature finally act to ensure only American citizens are voting in our elections.”
According to Raffensperger, Georgia was the first state in the nation to conduct citizen verification of voter rolls. Since 2022, Raffensperger’s office conducted two citizenship audits of Georgia’s voter rolls.
SR 4EX Text
“Casting a vote is one of the most important elements of American citizenship. Any illegal vote dilutes the value of a citizen’s lawfully cast ballot. U.S. Citizens should decide Georgia elections. Period. I urge the legislature to pass this important legislation.”
The state uses information from the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) to identify people who are non-citizens. This data is based on documents provided to DDS, through its REAL ID drivers licenses or state identification cards.
That information is also ran through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to verify an individual’s citizenship status.
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