Liquor Store Privatization Going Nowhere Fast
At least the conversation now includes beer distributors.
At least the conversation now includes beer distributors.
Turzai and supporters are still hoping that last year's dead-in-the-water privatization bill still has a chance.
Under new rules, drinkers will be able to buy as much as 24 bottles at a time directly from out-of-state wineries.
While privatization hawks continue with their empty threats, the LCB is moving forward with its modernization efforts.
All this talk of privatization has amounted to nothing more than a bunch of hot air.
The local start-up brings its first product, an un-aged, white rye whiskey, to market.
One of privatization's biggest supporters is sticking to his guns, and his State House seat.
The new year brings good fortune for the once embattled booze board.
Restaurants and retailers with licenses to sell beer will no longer be required to obtain an off premises permit.
In the end the embattled booze board gets the last laugh.
The new plan will allow beer distributors and supermarkets to sell wine, but doesn't scrap the state store system.
In what was meant to be a warning about the dangers of drinking, the LCB shifts rape's blame form rapist to victim.
Critics argue that a bill introduced earlier this doesn't cut it.
On it's deathbed, the agency gets a little lenient.
One of the owners said he looked at the property, but decided to pass.
The pathway to privatization is a tough row to hoe.
The study says that selling off the state's liquor stores is what's best for Pennsylvania, its finances and its residents.
The debate gets pushed into realms of absurdity.
The new 23-member panel will begin deliberating the future of PA's liquor store system in coming weeks.
At long last the state has decided to call it "Game Over."