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  Greater Phoenix Bars Open for Takeout Booze, Bottles, and More

  September 23 at 6 a.m.

  A running list of Valley bars offering hooch for takeout and delivery.

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  One and Done: A Quick Update on Arizona Bars

  August 28 at 7 a.m.

  A lawsuit over reopening remains unsettled, but some bars may now open. Here are the deets.

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  Visual Aid: The Second, More Intimate Not Our Last Call Rally

  August 26 at 6 a.m.

  On Tuesday, August 25, roughly 75 people attended the second Not Our Last Call Rally at the Arizona State Capitol. The protest — a follow-up event to last Thursday's initial rally — began around 9:30 a.m., circled the State Capitol Executive Tower, and proceeded to the Arizona Department of Health Services. The march lasted until after 11 a.m.
  
  Members of the bar industry were there to protest Governor Doug Ducey's executive order that has closed businesses carrying series 6 or series 7 liquor licenses (more on that here).
  
  Kobalt, a gay bar in Park Central, had two members in attendance. Bartender Tyler Lofton, who's been with Kobalt since 2018, says the bar has removed two-thirds of its seating, installed open garage doors, and applied to reopen — but still with no response from the state. "I'm tired of this, and broke," Lofton said.
  
  While the second rally had fewer gatherers, it was in many ways more intimate. Protesters chanted together at the west-facing entrance to the Capitol tower. A few in the crowd entered the building to visit Governor Ducey's office. He wasn't there.

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  Arizona Bars Will Hold a Second Rally Today at the Capitol

  August 25 at 6 a.m.

  “We aren’t part-time college kids working a summer job. For many of us, this is our career."

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  Staring Down a Permanent Last Call, Arizona Bars Mount a Protest at the Capitol

  August 21 at 7 a.m.

  There are many reasons why a sea of green arrived at Governor Doug Ducey's doorstep on Thursday.

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  Visual Aid: Not Our Last Call Rally at the Arizona State Capitol

  August 21 at 7 a.m.

  The Not Our Last Call Rally drew more than 300 people from the Arizona bar industry to the Arizona State Capitol. Bar owners, bartenders, and general supporters created a sea of green (the agreed-upon color of support) at Doug Ducey's doorstep on the afternoon of August 20.