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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Feb 16, 2016

A Republican-backed bill that would create a two-store beer and liquor retailer limit has drawn criticism from a Maryland-based stored hoping to expand in Tennessee. Total Wine & More argues the bill (HB 2586 / SB 2094), sponsored by Rep. Curry Todd, R-Collierville, and Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, is an effort to bar competition. Sponsors say the bill's main aim is to the allow supermarkets to stock up before a law allowing grocery stores to sell wine goes into effect July 1, the Associated Press reports.