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Plans to Privatize PA’s Liquor System Draws Some Opposition in Philadelphia

Inside one of Pennsylvania's state-run Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores.
Nathaniel Hamilton
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WHYY
Inside one of Pennsylvania's state-run Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores.

An effort to end Pennsylvania's state-run liquor store monopoly is getting some opposition in Philadelphia. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports.

(Original air-date: 3/12/22)

WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.