Greetings Liquor Licensees, This is a critical time for us to come together to voice our legislative concerns, talk about our strategies and updates from your only association that is…

Dear MLBA Member, As part of your continued membership in MLBA, we have created a brand new updated “Labor Laws” poster for 2020! This all-in-one poster has all the State…

As of January 1st , 2020, a few select retailers will have to begin to comply with the city’s newest ordinance of collecting a .05 fee on plastic and paper…

The legal minimum is going to $16.39 an hour, while my pay drops to zero. By Simone Barron, Dec. 12, 2019 Click here to read the Wall Street journal Op-Ed. This…

The MLBA along with our friends at the MN Municipal Beverage Association will be holding our annual Legislative Day on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 starting at 11am in the State…

As many of you have read in the December 11th issue of the StarTribune, there has been a bit of a resurgence of the fate of 3.2% beer. If you have…

It seems that whenever a city needs extra funding in lieu of increased costs or holes in their budget, the hospitality industry, traditionally, gets pegged with such tax increases or…

Since 1941, O’Gara’s in St. Paul has been nothing short of an institution.  Very few places have tied themselves to the City of St. Paul or any city in Minnesota…