liquor-policy
Fight over to-go cocktails spills back into Pa. Senate
In the span of two hours Thursday afternoon, the Pennsylvania House stripped out language approving the private sale of canned cocktails from a bill permanently legalizing to-go mixed drinks, before approving it 170-31. The proposal now returns to the Senate, which cracked open a three-way political fight between restaurants, the liquor lobby, and the union […]
Pa. House panel moves to make take-out cocktails permanent | Wednesday Morning Coffee
If you loved your curbside margs, you're going to love this news.
One lawmaker’s lonely quest: How many restaurant liquor licenses are there in every Pa. county? | Mark O’Keefe
(*This story was updated at 12:42 p.m., on 7/22/20 to correct the county that Rep. Frank Burns represents in the state House, and to correctly reflect the information that Burns is seeking from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.) Why? That’s the question being asked by Democratic state *Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, and his attorney, Terry […]
Philly lawmakers to target stop-and-gos with new regulations
State Sen. Anthony Williams (D-8) said the new regulations will target irresponsible business owners who make neighborhoods less safe.
Should the number of liquor licenses in Pa. be public information? A Cambria County lawmaker thinks so. So he’s suing the state
"It's like we're dealing with a Wall Street company instead of a state agency,'' said Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, who's waging a one-man fight
The Pa. Liquor Control Board has some transparency problems | Editorial Cartoon
A Cambria County lawmaker is suing the Pa. Liquor Control over lack of access to information on the availability of liquor licenses
Who should determine how much booze costs in Pennsylvania: a formula or the liquor board?
A practice known as flexible pricing is still unpopular with liquor producers.