Mississippi running out of booze . . . if this isn't real news I don't know what is

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Source: Washington Post

But three months ago, the state’s only alcohol warehouse — Mississippi is one of 17 that controls the sale of wine and liquor — shut down for what was supposed to be a two-week inventory. The liquor hasn’t flowed right since.

Business owners across the state say they are in a state of emergency. Restaurants in Jackson had no wine on Valentine’s Day, and bars on the Gulf Coast ran dry before Mardi Gras. At least five liquor shops have closed, and if cheap pints don’t hit the corner stores soon, many of them will, too.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/12/mississippi-liquor-sales-breakdown/

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My Mississippi cousins are organizing trips across the river into Arkansas or north to Memphis.