Bourbon, whiskey distillers fight with Kentucky, Tennessee politicians
The booming industry is lowering its tax load and the red states that depend on them are hopping mad.
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The booming industry is lowering its tax load and the red states that depend on them are hopping mad.
The growing popularity of the industry around the world is fueling conflicts at home.
For decades, the whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have been beloved in their communities. Now, the growing popularity of the industry around the world is fueling conflicts at home.
The whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have long been beloved in their communities, where they provide jobs and the pride of a successful homegrown industry. But the
In Kentucky, where 95% of the world’s bourbon is manufactured, counties are revolting after the legislature voted to phase out a barrel tax they have depended on to fund schools,