State of Michigan to buy back booze
LANSING (AP) — Michigan will offer cash-strapped bars and restaurants relief by buying back their liquor inventory during the coronavirus pandemic.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an order authorizing the program in a flurry of moves late Monday.
She also delayed the expiration of valid driver’s licenses and state ID cards to June 30. And she extended a measure to keep intact a prohibition against dine-in service at restaurants and to continue the closure of many places of public accommodation through April 30 — when her stay-at-home order is scheduled to expire.
Michigan’s 8,500 on-premises liquor licensees will have until Friday to request that the Liquor Control Commission buy back spirits purchased before March 16. Participating businesses are expected to keep their bottles for now to limit the risk of COVID-19 spreading.
Licensees will be able to buy the liquor again for at least 90 days after the states of emergency and disaster end.
Whitmer said the program will help bars and restaurants “weather the storm through this challenging time in our history.”
Judge: State’s lawsuit over immigration arrests can continue
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge says Washington state’s lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from making civil immigration arrests at courthouses can continue.
Washington sued in December, saying that when Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection agents patrol courthouse hallways and parking lots, it deters crime victims and witnesses from testifying and interferes with criminal prosecutions.
In recent order, U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly rejected each of the administration’s arguments for dismissing the case, including that the arrest practices were not subject to court review.
The state argues that prior to Donald Trump becoming president, immigration arrests were usually made at or near courthouses only in cases where public safety was at risk.
Since then, such arrests in Washington have skyrocketed 600 percent, and the targets of the arrests are sometimes people with no criminal history at all.
Plea from 93-year-old: ‘I need more beer’
SEMINOLE, Pa. (AP) — A 93-year-old Pittsburgh-area woman is using the powers of the internet to keep a stock of beer while doing her part to “flatten the curve” on the coronavirus pandemic.
Olive Veronesi posed in her window with a dry erase board that read “I NEED MORE BEER!!” while holding a can of Coors Light, KDKA-TV reported.
The coronavirus can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death in older adults and people with existing conditions. Those groups have been advised to take extra care.
The image has been widely shared and has been seen by over a million people on the KDKA Facebook page.
The station reports that several people have reached out to help Veronesi get more beer.
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