On this episode of Our American Stories the Old Dominick Distillery story starts back in with an Italian immigrant and a fruit cart that grew to be one of the largest distribution companies in the South Add in a Kentucky woman who didn't drink until she was Alex Castle and you get the first whiskey distillery in Memphis as well as the first female head distiller in the state of Tennessee since Prohibition Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Alex Castle tells us how she came to own the first whiskey distillery Old Dominick Distillery in Memphis as well as the first female head distiller in the state of Tennessee since Prohibition Mariam Ibraheem tells us how she came from Sudan to living in Virginia Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - The Team Behind Old Dominick Distillery - One Mother's Escape From A Sudanese Death Sentence to America Learn more about your ad-choices at https www iheartpodcastnetwork comSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

In a matter of weeks N C voters will participate in the Super Tuesday elections Democrats are likely to face heated presidential and U S Senate primaries Republicans will decide who should face incumbent Roy Cooper in the governor's race and members of both parties will see other important races on primary ballots No one will have to show a voter ID Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief assesses key issues in play as Super Tuesday approaches North Carolina has made significant reforms to its alcohol regulations in recent years There's still plenty of room to relax decades-old restrictions that block [... more]

The N C Senate has approved its billion General Fund budget It features a tax cut that would total nearly billion over two years It also limits the state government spending increase to roughly half the level recommended in the governor's budget while setting aside more money for reserves and increasing funding for high-priority items Becki Gray John Locke Foundation senior vice president analyzes the Senate's proposals and looks ahead to the development of a state House budget The political world is still coming to grips with Brexit Britain's vote in to leave the European Union Matthew Elliott senior fellow [... more]