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In the 2012 session, House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, with the backing of Governor Tom Corbett, announced a plan to issue 1,600 new liquor store licenses and auction the 600-plus liquor stores currently owned by the state. Stores would be allowed to sell beer in any configuration and without limit. Supporters say it could raise as much as $1. ...
It repealed a policy known as "Smoke a joint, lose your license" under which possession of cannabis or any other illegal drug was punished with a mandatory six month driver's license suspension. [14] Under the policy, approximately 149,000 licenses were suspended for non-driving drug offenses from 2011 to 2016, according to Equal Justice Under ...
In the five fiscal years since fiscal year between 2011-12 and 2015-16, PLCB provided more than $2.66 billion to the Pennsylvania Treasury, $122.5 million to the Pennsylvania State Police, $12.1 million to the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, and $22.5 million to local communities. [7]
Aug. 2—WILKES-BARRE — Following Gov. Josh Shapiro's signing of House Bill 829 and Senate Bill 688 into law as Acts 57 and 86 of 2024, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) this week ...
Spirituous, vinous & malt liquor available in liquor stores and liquor-licensed drug stores only. Liquor stores closed on Christmas Day. Sunday sales restriction lifted on July 1, 2008. Liquor stores and liquor-licensed drug stores may have only one location, while beer may be sold in gas stations, supermarkets, and convenience stores.
HARRISBURG ― Somerset County will receive $2,700 of the more than $2.3 million in licensing fees the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will return to 1,365 municipalities in which licensees are ...
Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the United States behind cannabis, [17] and the U.S. is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. [18] In 2020, the state of Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize cocaine. [19] [20] This new law prevents people with small amounts of cocaine from facing jail time.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, which oversees the more than 550 Fine Wines and Good Spirits stores throughout the state, will not be open on Thanksgiving.