Sweet Relief
June, 2009
Washington, D.c.—If you're looking for a silver lining in the economic crisis, look no further than a few policy shifts being made amid pressure to increase tax revenues and reduce spending. In the first category is a movement in states with blue laws to repeal restrictions on the sale of alcohol on Sunday. (Fourteen states have partial—spirits only—or full bans.) "States are seeing Sunday sales as a positive way to raise revenue without raising taxes or cutting valuable programs,"...
