From the Wichita Eagle: Brownback signs law to allow sales of strong beer in grocery stores

Moe’s Mart employee Faizul Bary stocks a cooler at the east Wichita minimart with 3.2 beer. Under a new law signed by Gov. Sam Brownback, Moe’s and other convenience and grocery stores will be able to sell stronger beer beginning in 2019. (March 16, 2016)“The dominoes will really begin to fall for the small business people who have operated the small liquor stores in Kansas,” said Rep. John Carmichael, D-Wichita. “They will lose the majority of their beer sales, and that is what they rely upon to keep the doors open.

“That’s going to result in the diversion of alcohol to minors,” he added about the sale of stronger beer in more outlets.

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