A new push to lift a ban in Massachusetts on happy hour, on the premise that it could help bring life back to local businesses, especially during the quiet off-season on Cape Cod, is underway.

With a “cold beer” sign as his backdrop from a Provincetown brewery, Sen. Julian Cyr made his latest pitch Monday morning to repeal the state’s happy hour ban, as lobbyists representing restaurants ...

(Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts is one of only a handful of states that prohibits restaurants from offering happy hour drink specials to lure in customers. State Senator Julian Cyr is on a mission to ...