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Privatization
State Senate Says Private Booze Sales Are a Low Priority Dwundling tax revenues and the lack of a budget plan are a much higher priority.
By Collin Keefe
Latest LCB Privatization Plan Will Keep State’s Liquor Stores Open Though changes were plenty, the proposal passed committee and could go to the House for vote this week.
By Collin Keefe
Booze You Can Use
Feb. 27, 2013
By Collin Keefe
Liquor Store Privatization Plan Doesn’t Add Up For Schools We knew it wouldn’t be long until the other shoe dropped in this latest chapter of the privatization saga.
By Collin Keefe
Now Liquor Store Privatization Will Generate $1 Billion for Public Schools The latest plan calls for turning over money raised from auctioning off liquor licenses to public schools.
By Collin Keefe
Corbett Would Like to Give LCB’s CEO the Boot The Governor expects to eliminate the CEO position altogether.
By Collin Keefe
Breaking: The Privatization Debate Is Officially Declared Dead! Lawmakers will spend what little time remains in this session working out the state’s budget.
By Collin Keefe
The Liquor Store Privatization Debate Appears to Be Dead Lawmakers never resume debating the issue yesterday, and it’s doubtful they will before their summer break.
By Collin Keefe
Liquor Store Privatization Debate Begins There’s still no sign of whether or not it will pass.
By Collin Keefe
A Vote on Liquor Store Privatization Could Come as Soon as Monday Pennsylvania’s House GOP is going to try to show they aren’t just talking the talk.
By Collin Keefe
Lawmakers Renew Efforts For Liquor Store Privatization The latest charge comes too little, too late, and seems like a lame effort to save face.
By Collin Keefe
Liquor Store Privatization Going Nowhere Fast At least the conversation now includes beer distributors.
By Collin Keefe
Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting For Home Wine Shipping Turzai and supporters are still hoping that last year’s dead-in-the-water privatization bill still has a chance.
By Collin Keefe
App-etizing
Feb. 28, 2012
LCB: Now There’s an App For That, Too While privatization hawks continue with their empty threats, the LCB is moving forward with its modernization efforts.
Liquor Store Privatization Now Taking a Backseat to Modernization All this talk of privatization has amounted to nothing more than a bunch of hot air.
By Collin Keefe
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back to the Liquor Store… One of privatization’s biggest supporters is sticking to his guns, and his State House seat.
By Collin Keefe
A New Proposal For Privatization Gets House Liquor Committee’s Approval The new plan will allow beer distributors and supermarkets to sell wine, but doesn’t scrap the state store system.
By Collin Keefe
Pour One Out For the LCB The study says that selling off the state’s liquor stores is what’s best for Pennsylvania, its finances and its residents.
By Collin Keefe
Booze News
Sept. 30, 2011
Look Out LCB, the Ax Is About to Fall! The new 23-member panel will begin deliberating the future of PA’s liquor store system in coming weeks.
By Collin Keefe
Sadly Cheap Boxed Wine Is Now the Center of the LCB Privatization Debate LCB CEO and Pennsylvania politicians just don’t see eye to eye when it comes to boxed wine.
By Collin Keefe
Can You Say ‘Kiosk-Gate?’ Turzai unearthed an LCB internal memo that recommended that the booze board not get tangled up with the wine kiosks.
By Collin Keefe
Finally Someone’s Posing Some Serious Questions in the Privatization From the get-go the discussion has been dominated with talk of prices and selection.
By Collin Keefe
It’s Game Over For PLCB’s ‘Worst Idea Ever’ The machine’s makers are into the state for $1 million.
By Collin Keefe
The Wine School Hosts a ‘Historic Moment’ In the Battle to Abolish Though details on the “major development” are few, the Wine School is encouraging public support.
By Collin Keefe
The State’s Top GOP Senator Puts the Kibosh on Liquor Store Privatization When lawmakers return to Harrisburg in the fall they will have bigger fish to fry.
By Collin Keefe
No Changes For Beer Sales in PA’s LCB Overhaul The newly proposed rules promise big changes for how and where liquor and wine will be sold, but not beer.
By Collin Keefe
Breaking: Turzai Unveils His Plan to Privatize the LCB; Corbett Still The plan boasts a windfall for the state, but doesn’t explain what will replace lost revenue.
By Collin Keefe
Booze You Can Use
Mar. 3, 2011
Gov. Corbett and Co. Back Off From Liquor Store Sales In the face of fundraising and lobbying efforts by state store workers, the Corbett administration is backing off its campaign promise to sell of the LCB’s retail arm.
By Collin Keefe
