Report: Massachusetts lawmakers have no interest in lifting happy hour ban

Massachusetts lawmakers don’t seem too happy about the return of happy hour.

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One top lawmaker says there’s been little interest in lifting the statewide ban on happy hour drink discounts to boost businesses post-pandemic, NewsChannel 13’s media partners at the Berkshire Eagle report.

A bill on the table would allow cities and towns to opt into offering discounted drink promotions at traditional afterwork hours.

Happy hour has been prohibited in Massachusetts since 1984, after a string of deadly drunken driving crashes. It remains the only state in the country to have the ban still in place.