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With a “cold beer” sign as his backdrop from a Provincetown brewery, Sen. Julian Cyr made his latest pitch Monday morning to repeal Massachusetts’ happy hour ban, as lobbyists representing restaurants and package stores balked at the prospect of drink promotions cutting into their bottom lines.Cities and towns would have the option to offer happy hour promotions for alcoholic beverages during specific time windows under proposals from Cyr and Rep. Samantha Montaño. Happy hour has been banned in Massachusetts since 1984, as officials sought to alleviate drunk driving. “I’m actually testifying at the Provincetown Brewing Company here in Provincetown, one of the many businesses in my district, the Cape and Islands district, who are clamoring for and asking for the ability to get more business through their doors,” Cyr told the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.Cyr’s happy hour measure, which the Provincetown Democrat said can help boost profits and drive foot traffic to small and family-owned businesses, has repeatedly failed to clear the Legislature. The Senate last session incorporated Cyr’s local-option happy hour provision into its economic development bond bill, which did not survive conference committee negotiations with the House.“Our small businesses, our restaurants, our bars are really struggling in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Cyr said. “And Massachusetts continues to be only one of eight states that continue to prohibit happy hour drink specials.”Cyr, who’s vice chair of the Public Health Committee, said his legislation, dubbed “an act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization,” would create “safe and responsible happy hour practices.” Drinks could not be discounted after 10 p.m., drink prices could not change throughout happy hour, and businesses must provide at least three days’ notice ahead of happy hour specials. The bill does not limit the extent of drink discounts.The Massachusetts Restaurant Association, which represents more than 1,800 restaurants, opposes any legislation that would change the status quo around the happy hour ban, said Jessica Moore, MRA’s director of government affairs. She said that also includes a Rep. Mike Connolly bill that would create a special commission to evaluate repealing the happy hour ban.Moore, who contended the ban is “working and should be left alone,” lamented that restaurants are grappling with “razor-thin margins” that are exacerbated by inflation and steep credit card processing fees.She warned the already competitive restaurant industry could end up facing more challenges, and competition could also emerge between neighboring municipalities with different happy hour approaches.“If happy hour were allowed in desperation to gain market share, lower performing operators will discount more and more. The more they give away, the deeper the financial trouble — the deeper the financial trouble, the more they will need to give away,” Moore said.She added, “More popular establishments with higher costs will find themselves competing with the bar across the street’s predatory pricing policies. There is no protection for restaurants that have no interest in participating. Once one establishment opens the door, every other operator in the city or town will be forced to follow.”Cyr, who testified after Moore, responded that Massachusetts still operates in a “semi-free market,” as he advocated in support of giving businesses more tools to attract customers.“I can tell you in my neck of the woods, we probably wouldn’t offer happy hour here at the Provincetown Brewing Company in July and August. It’s just so busy,” Cyr said. “But for a place that wants to stay open year round — for a place that keeping your doors open year-round here is tremendously difficult — the proprietors of this business would love the ability to have a happy hour, say on Sundays in the off-season, from November to April.”The Massachusetts Package Stores Association also opposes reinstating happy hour, said Robert Mellion, the group’s executive director and general counsel.“We stand with MRA in strong opposition to any bill that discounts alcohol for sale in our state,” Mellion said. “I think it’s important that the two associations representing on- and off-premise are against discounted alcohol.”As a workaround to drink specials, some Massachusetts restaurants and bars offer happy hour deals on food. But Cyr, citing personal experience working at his family’s seasonal restaurant on Cape Cod, pointed out the cost of food and labor are the biggest expenses for restaurants.“If you’re trying to get people in the door with a discount on food — say, I don’t know, oysters or chicken wings, you name — the amount of labor and time that it takes to purchase that food, to shuck those oysters, to fry those chicken wings is quite costly,” Cyr said.Meanwhile, Cyr said, alcohol represents the highest margin for a restaurant or bar, with markups around six to eight times the cost.“That’s where the margin is, and that’s why we’ve actually seen businesses around the country, and in Massachusetts before 1984, offer happy hour,” Cyr said. “Because this is something that, unlike other inputs, you can discount to get people in the door. Alcohol, beer, wine, liquor doesn’t actually affect your bottom line, certainly as much as others.”Under newly adopted joint rules, Cyr faced no pushback to testify virtually. In May, as rules reforms were still being negotiated, committee co-chair Rep. Tackey Chan blocked Sen. Jake Oliveira from testifying virtually from his western Massachusetts district, a procedural maneuver that Senate President Karen Spilka knocked.Chan cited the new rules at the end of the hearing Monday, as he rattled off a new poll for House members and his recommendations for bills that should receive a favorable report or be sent to study. Co-chair Sen. Pavel Payano then read the list of bills the committee had just heard.
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Have you ever heard of "post-game depression"? Even if you haven't, there's a good chance you've suffered from it or at the very least experienced some of the symptoms.Post-game depression, or PGD, is a feeling you get after finishing a video game you particularly enjoyed and the sadness that accompanies the fact that it's now over. I'm currently going through it after finishing Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and it's happened to me many times in life.Screenshot by DestructoidIt happened to me with the original Death Stranding, it happened to me with several of the most memorable games in my life like BioShock Infinite and Metal Gear Solid 4, it happened to me earlier this year after I finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it will inevitably happen again. It most often occurs with singleplayer games that have a start and end point, and once the end point is reached, you're left feeling sad or hollow that the journey has ended. The feeling can sometimes be exacerbated depending on the subject matter of said game, as well.PGD is a very real thing. It's similar to "post-concert depression" which many concert-goers and music fans describe in the days following an event where they saw a favorite band of theirs perform live. Going from the highest of highs at a concert and then returning back to "normal life" feels comparatively like a low, and the depression sinks in. It's especially true when you look forward to it for so long, and then it's gone.With PGD, the same feeling occurs in the days or weeks as you play through a lengthy singleplayer experience that you keep going back to at the end of each day as an escape, or just as an exciting story or to live through, or a gameplay loop that scratches a certain itch in your head.That feeling of looking forward to playing the game as you make your way through everyday life is unmatched. Having a game, movie, book, TV show, or any sort of medium to look forward to helps make life special, and once it's gone, it feels like there's a hole in your soul.This feeling is perfectly normal, I think. Living as a human being is difficult in 2025, no matter where you are in life. Having the joy of a video game to fall back on and then having it come to an end is enough to make anyone feel sad, and you're absolutely valid to feel this way. Screenshot by DestructoidAnd so I ask you now, dear reader, have you ever experienced post-game depression? Which game made you feel this way? How did you find a way to cope with it? Let us know in the poll and answer in the comments down below. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone has to say.The post After the credits roll: ‘Post-game depression’ is very real—and yours is too appeared first on Destructoid.
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With a “cold beer” sign as his backdrop from a Provincetown brewery, Sen. Julian Cyr made his latest pitch Monday morning to repeal Massachusetts’ happy hour ban, as lobbyists representing restaurants and package stores balked at the prospect of drink promotions cutting into their bottom lines.Cities and towns would have the option to offer happy hour promotions for alcoholic beverages during specific time windows under proposals from Cyr and Rep. Samantha Montaño. Happy hour has been banned in Massachusetts since 1984, as officials sought to alleviate drunk driving. “I’m actually testifying at the Provincetown Brewing Company here in Provincetown, one of the many businesses in my district, the Cape and Islands district, who are clamoring for and asking for the ability to get more business through their doors,” Cyr told the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.Cyr’s happy hour measure, which the Provincetown Democrat said can help boost profits and drive foot traffic to small and family-owned businesses, has repeatedly failed to clear the Legislature. The Senate last session incorporated Cyr’s local-option happy hour provision into its economic development bond bill, which did not survive conference committee negotiations with the House.“Our small businesses, our restaurants, our bars are really struggling in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Cyr said. “And Massachusetts continues to be only one of eight states that continue to prohibit happy hour drink specials.”Cyr, who’s vice chair of the Public Health Committee, said his legislation, dubbed “an act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization,” would create “safe and responsible happy hour practices.” Drinks could not be discounted after 10 p.m., drink prices could not change throughout happy hour, and businesses must provide at least three days’ notice ahead of happy hour specials. The bill does not limit the extent of drink discounts.The Massachusetts Restaurant Association, which represents more than 1,800 restaurants, opposes any legislation that would change the status quo around the happy hour ban, said Jessica Moore, MRA’s director of government affairs. She said that also includes a Rep. Mike Connolly bill that would create a special commission to evaluate repealing the happy hour ban.Moore, who contended the ban is “working and should be left alone,” lamented that restaurants are grappling with “razor-thin margins” that are exacerbated by inflation and steep credit card processing fees.She warned the already competitive restaurant industry could end up facing more challenges, and competition could also emerge between neighboring municipalities with different happy hour approaches.“If happy hour were allowed in desperation to gain market share, lower performing operators will discount more and more. The more they give away, the deeper the financial trouble — the deeper the financial trouble, the more they will need to give away,” Moore said.She added, “More popular establishments with higher costs will find themselves competing with the bar across the street’s predatory pricing policies. There is no protection for restaurants that have no interest in participating. Once one establishment opens the door, every other operator in the city or town will be forced to follow.”Cyr, who testified after Moore, responded that Massachusetts still operates in a “semi-free market,” as he advocated in support of giving businesses more tools to attract customers.“I can tell you in my neck of the woods, we probably wouldn’t offer happy hour here at the Provincetown Brewing Company in July and August. It’s just so busy,” Cyr said. “But for a place that wants to stay open year round — for a place that keeping your doors open year-round here is tremendously difficult — the proprietors of this business would love the ability to have a happy hour, say on Sundays in the off-season, from November to April.”The Massachusetts Package Stores Association also opposes reinstating happy hour, said Robert Mellion, the group’s executive director and general counsel.“We stand with MRA in strong opposition to any bill that discounts alcohol for sale in our state,” Mellion said. “I think it’s important that the two associations representing on- and off-premise are against discounted alcohol.”As a workaround to drink specials, some Massachusetts restaurants and bars offer happy hour deals on food. But Cyr, citing personal experience working at his family’s seasonal restaurant on Cape Cod, pointed out the cost of food and labor are the biggest expenses for restaurants.“If you’re trying to get people in the door with a discount on food — say, I don’t know, oysters or chicken wings, you name — the amount of labor and time that it takes to purchase that food, to shuck those oysters, to fry those chicken wings is quite costly,” Cyr said.Meanwhile, Cyr said, alcohol represents the highest margin for a restaurant or bar, with markups around six to eight times the cost.“That’s where the margin is, and that’s why we’ve actually seen businesses around the country, and in Massachusetts before 1984, offer happy hour,” Cyr said. “Because this is something that, unlike other inputs, you can discount to get people in the door. Alcohol, beer, wine, liquor doesn’t actually affect your bottom line, certainly as much as others.”Under newly adopted joint rules, Cyr faced no pushback to testify virtually. In May, as rules reforms were still being negotiated, committee co-chair Rep. Tackey Chan blocked Sen. Jake Oliveira from testifying virtually from his western Massachusetts district, a procedural maneuver that Senate President Karen Spilka knocked.Chan cited the new rules at the end of the hearing Monday, as he rattled off a new poll for House members and his recommendations for bills that should receive a favorable report or be sent to study. Co-chair Sen. Pavel Payano then read the list of bills the committee had just heard.
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ESPN was slammed by fans for forcing them to wait almost 10 minutes to know who was playing in the MLB All-Star Game after coverage was delayed because of a cornhole match
Trump says NWS staffing didn't affect Texas storm preparedness amid funding cuts scrutiny AxiosJuly 6, 2025 - News on deadly Texas floods CNNAs Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas The New York TimesNational Weather Service defends its flood warnings amid fresh scrutiny of Trump staff cuts NBC NewsDonald Trump Grilled About NWS Cuts After Deadly Texas Floods Newsweek
5 in hospital after alleged impaired driver crashes into several parked vehicles and a pedestrian in Scarborough CP24
The Nuevo León squad has officially announced the arrival of "Gacelo" López for the Apertura 2025. 🆕🇲🇽👤 Delantero mexicano con juventud, garra y determinación. 🔥 ¡'Gacelo' López l...
Dan Levy and Emily Hampshire are together again! The former Schitt’s Creek co-stars posed for photos together as they arrived at the presentation of Celine’s Printemps 2026 Collection on Sunday (July 6) in Paris, France. Other stars in attendance at the fashion show included Naomi Watts, Kristen Wiig, BTS‘ V, singer Alanis Morissette, Hacks star [...]
We are still awaiting Cooper Flagg's NBA debut, but the Dallas Mavericks prospect is already the odds-on favorite to win the Rookie of the Year award.
Two men were arrested Saturday after a dispute and alleged stabbing at a GameStop in Colma.
Seattle rookie Dominique Malonga tied a career high with 11 points and Gabby Williams had 16 as the visiting Storm rolled past the New York Liberty 79
Trump Says Musk Is ‘Off the Rails’ With His Third-Party Effort The New York TimesDonald Trump calls Elon Musk a ‘train wreck’ as feud escalates over third party Financial TimesBessent casts some shade over Musk's new political party AxiosCNBC Daily Open: Most people don't start a political party after separation CNBCTrump calls Musk's formation of new party "ridiculous" and criticizes his own NASA pick Reuters
A thunderous alley-oop dunk by Miami Heat center Kel'el Ware in a recent Summer League game is turning heads.
Ontario’s provincial government has appointed supervisors to oversee four major school boards, including the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), amid escalating concerns about antisemitism and student safety. While the province cites fiscal mismanagement as the official reason, Ontario’s Ministry of...
Breaking down how the commitment of Brayden Robinson impacts the Notre Dame 2026 class and depth chart
A former second-round pick returns to the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday.
Lyndon Byers, who used a short hockey career and a big personality to become a Boston celebrity, died Friday at 61.
All Americans everywhere should be filled with gratitude and thankfulness for this amazing gift of the United States of America.