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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

It's Wednesday, June 16th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

Effective immediately, Pennsylvania restaurants and bars are no longer allowed to sell

cocktails to go or offer outdoor seating that was the green light during the pandemic. But at this

point, enforcement remains a question mark. That update came Tuesday afternoon from the Pennsylvania

Liquor Control Board after a bill that would have extended both options for businesses was derailed

in the Senate Law and Justice Committee. Is it completely dead or there's still an option, right? So here's the deal. An amendment added in committee to the bill that would have allowed grocery stores, beer distributors, convenience stores, and bars to sell pre-canned cocktails is being blamed for derailing it. So had it stayed with just the restaurants, Governor Wolf said he would have signed it. Can you still buy illegal narcotics on the street? Stop it. Not legally, but yes. Okay. All right, yes. The Department of State. Curbside service? Yep. All right, of course. The Department of State certified the Pennsylvania primary result, which means Governor Tom Wolves' emergency declaration is expired. Governor Wolf said that

with the addition of the amendment, he would vetoed the bill. Cocktails to go were a lifeline to bars

and restaurants during the pandemic. He said in a statement before the amendment was added.

Pennsylvanians have embraced this service as an amenity in our Commonwealth, and I'm

supporting, I support making it permanent he said

restaurants spent anywhere from $1,500 to $75,000 to create the outdoor seating setups and hoped

that they would be able to remain even as restrictions are lifted you mentioned enforcement

Kathy and I remember before the pandemic years ago there were these endarounds that restaurants

would do from time to time where drinks were free you You just had to make a donation to the restaurant.

Or you join a club. Join a club membership for the evening. And so what types of endarounds are going to happen because this cat is clearly out of the bag? People liked it. So they're going to be, there's a market for it. So, you know, what in which way is capitalism going to make this work? Also, in the natural thing of, so a restaurant makes, they make the money on the booze. Do they not? Usually, yeah. They mark it up so much. Right. Exactly. So the PLCB is not an enforcement arm of the state. Pennsylvania state police have not addressed yet if they will be enforcing the new action. So we'll see what happens with this.

After a long battle, the Delaware County Council is now attempting to take a 213 acre crown jewel

property in the heart of Delaware County by eminent domain. Councilwoman Elaine Schaefer has been

leading the effort to convince council members to take a bold step to take the old growth forest

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