...Restaurant Retail Association, which has said it supports a "reasonable" alcohol tax increase. Executive Director Kace McDowell said Murkowski's bill would increase the tax 228.6 percent on liquor, 301 percent on wine and 305.7 percent...

...had lots and lots of trouble with (pull-tabs) - the accountability, and too many hands handling them,'' said Kace McDowell, operations manager for CHARR, the liquor licensee association. The state currently has to police the expenses of...