Alcohol Law Enforcement

SCRAM Systems is the Colorado-based company that produces the continuous alcohol monitoring bracelets most commonly used in North Carolina.

Health

Alcohol monitoring for some NC parents could save lives. Uncertainty about the law presents a roadblock

Continuous alcohol-monitoring bracelets aren’t clearly mentioned in the laws used by North Carolina social services agencies. Advocates want to change that.

Supplies of alcohol at Mecklenburg ABC stores have been low the last few months, as at the ABC store in Midtown last month.

Business

Amid an ongoing shortage, buyers look to the web for liquor (shh!)

Marshall Terry

As liquor shortages continue in North Carolina, many shoppers are turning to an unconventional — and not exactly legal — avenue: online shopping. In the latest BizWorthy, Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter discusses why most people won't face repercussions, when liquor might be replenished in stores, how the hospitality industry is rebounding from the pandemic and a new buy now, pay later system.

Business

BizWorthy: Truist Almost Finalized -- What Comes Next?

Marshall Terry

The $66 billion merger between Winston-Salem’s BB&T and Atlanta’s SunTrust is set to be finalized this week. The new bank, to be called Truist, will be…