Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board defends store closures

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board defended its decision Wednesday to shutter nearly 600 retail stores virtually overnight in March as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the state.

PLCB Chairman Tim Holden told the Senate Law and Justice Committee that while no formal vote had been taken to close the state-run Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores, communications with Gov. Tom Wolf about the virus’s lethality and contagiousness influenced the decision.