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States Serving Up Alcohol Taxes to Patch Budgets, Pay for Treatment
For decades alcohol industry lobbyists have succeeded in derailing most attempts to raise state alcohol taxes, but the lousy economy has many cash-hungry states now considering alcohol-tax increases -- in some cases, to help pay for addiction treatment services as well as address budget deficits. 04/01/2009

Sour Outlook for California 'Alcopops' Tax
Beverage makers are ignoring California's new law taxing sweet 'alcopop' drinks as liquor -- saying the tax doesn't apply to their products -- and the state has been stymied in its attempts to get information on alcopop ingredients. 03/23/2009

N.M. Attorney General Calls for Ban on Alcoholic Energy Drinks, New Taxes to Battle Underage Drinking
An aggressive legislative package proposed by New Mexico Attorney General Gary King to fight underage drinking includes banning alcoholic energy drinks, classifying and taxing flavored malt beverages as liquor products, and allowing local communities to impose their own alcohol taxes. 03/12/2009

Australia: Higher Taxes on 'Alcopops' Cut Consumption
Sales of alcopops fell 26 percent in the three months after Australia increased taxes on the sweet alcoholic drinks. 03/04/2009

States Loosening Alcohol Laws to Raise Revenues
States across the U.S. are considering proposals to ease restrictions on alcohol sales in hopes of boosting tax revenues in a challenging fiscal environment. 02/24/2009

Raising Alcohol Taxes Reduces Drinking, Study Says
Evidence is "statistically overwhelming" that communities can reduce alcohol consumption by raising alcohol taxes. 01/21/2009

States Using Alcohol Tax Increases to Address Budget Woes
Kentucky and Arkansas have joined New York and California in the latest push by state legislators to increase alcohol taxes as a way to address budgetary shortfalls. 01/21/2009

Alcopop Makers Elude Calif. Tax Hike
Makers of so-called "alcopop" drinks have apparently dodged a tax hike in California by reformulating their products so that they will continue to be taxed like beer, not liquor. 01/16/2009

Community Asks Neb. Governor to Reverse 'Alcopops' Ruling
A community coalition is calling upon Nebraska's governor and attorney general to reconsider a ruling by the Liquor Control Commission that allows flavored malt beverages – a.k.a. 'alcopops' -- to be classified and taxed as beer rather than distilled spirits. 12/03/2008

Study: Tax Increases Result in Lower Alcohol-Related Mortality
A new study has concluded that increased taxation on alcohol results in fewer deaths caused by or related to the effects of drinking. 11/17/2008

Calif.: Nickel a Drink to Keep the Deficit Away
Just days after Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed raising alcohol taxes by five cents per drink to patch up the $11.2 billion deficit in the state budget, other states are being urged to follow suit. 11/10/2008

Nickel a Drink to Save State Budgets
Public health advocates are calling on policymakers around the nation to follow the lead of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to help fund ailing state budgets through higher alcohol taxes. 11/09/2008

Consumers Threaten Rebellion Over Alcohol Tax Hikes
Taxes on alcohol remain a popular option among legislators in revenue-strapped states because they don't affect all consumers, but those affected by increases recently imposed in several states are pushing back. 08/15/2008

Nebraska Commission Delays Alcopops Decision
The three-member Nebraska Liquor Control Commission has delayed until the fall a vote on a proposed rule on how to tax and regulate flavored alcoholic beverages. 08/06/2008

Youth Urge Nebraskans to Take Action on Alcopops
Two youth-led news conferences are planned to urge the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission to properly classify flavored alcoholic beverages, or alcopops, as distilled spirits according to state statute. 07/18/2008

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