Its past time for Sunday liquor sales, Minnesota House speaker says

The Minnesota Legislature could be about to finally legalize Sunday liquor sales next year.

Lawmakers have repeatedly voted against allowing liquor stores to sell on Sundays. But some legislative leaders say they’re reconsidering as another applies his political heft to try to secure passage for the popular but contested measure.

“I think we are going to pass Sunday sales out of the House this year,” said House Speaker Kurt Daudt, a Sunday sales supporter who suggested he’d placed other Sunday sales supporters on the important House Commerce Committee.

The Minnesota Senate could be a tougher battle. Both top leaders there have opposed Sunday sales in the past, though incoming Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Nisswa, said he was open to reconsidering.

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