Efforts to change the liquor laws in Kansas so that shoppers can buy a bottle of red wine to go with the meat they just purchased in the same store have failed in recent years, but supporters plan to try again.
Uncork Kansas, a coalition of convenience stores, grocery stores, and chambers of commerce, hope to have a bill introduced “as early in the legislative session as possible,” said Jody Hanson, Uncork Kansas public relations representative.
The coalition considers it another move to upgrade the state’s antiquated liquor laws, while liquor store owners see it as a threat to their businesses.
Similar proposals have failed in the Kansas Legislature in recent years, failing even to reach a vote in either house. No one is quite sure what to expect from a legislature filled with new lawmakers who were elected after the massive court-ordered redistricting of the state.
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