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Since the 1980s, limited-time drink specials, colloquially known as happy hour, have been illegal in North Carolina. A group of lawmakers has filed a bill to change that, a change that some believe is overdue.

If NC lawmakers lift limits on happy hour, drinkers get more responsibility

Drinks behind the bar at Buffalo Brothers

On Monday, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers filed a bill that would allow individual cities and counties to legalize limited-time drink specials and promotions.

NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND FURTHER ANALYZING IT >> BRETT KNESE LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. THANK YOU, BRETT. NEW TONIGHT, A NEW BIPARTISAN BILL INTRODUCED TODAY WOULD LEGALIZE HAPPY HOUR IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED BY A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF STATE LAWMAKERS WOULD ALLOW INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND COUNTIES TO LEGALIZE LIMITED TIME DRINK SPECIALS AND PROMOTIONS. IT'S SOMETHING RESTAURANTS AND BAR OWNERS WANT AT LEAST SOME OF THEM. THAT'S WHAT THE BILL'S LEAD SPONSOR REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE JASON SAYING ARGUES, HOWEVER, THESE CHANGES COULD FACE FIERCE OPPOSITION FROM RELIGIOUS GROUPS. SUPPORTERS OF LOOSER RESTRICTIONS SAY THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING THE STATE'S ALCOHOL LAWS OUT OF THE

Bipartisan bill would legalize happy hour in North Carolina

Bars and restaurants want to reform North Carolina's alcohol laws, some of which date back to Prohibition. But any changes will face stiff opposition from religious groups, who are influential at the Republican-controlled state legislature.