Feb. 17—MANCHESTER — A move to legalize the state-run sale of marijuana to those 21 years or older won initial approval in the House of Representatives Wednesday. While only the first step for this ...

Mar. 23—CONCORD — A bold plan to create a state monopoly to sell recreational marijuana to adults 21 and older limped out of a key committee after state officials warned it would threaten the ...

The demand for the state ownership of private enterprises used to be the most important part of socialist propaganda. The present-day state or municipal enterprises thereby constitute a kind of run-up ...

Before Washington got out of the liquor business in June of 2012, emotional campaigns urged voters to reject the initiative allowing grocery stores and private businesses to sell hard alcohol.

Why is the Liquor Control Board actively involved in the sale and distribution of alcohol and cigarettes? It seems that despite the original intent back in 1933, when the Steele Act allowed for the ...

At Telegraph Party Store in Taylor, owner Frank Mansoor orders three fifth-size bottles of Canadian LTD whisky and three fifths of Jim Beam bourbon weekly, knowing he'll sell that many bottles in a ...

Growing up in Pennsylvania, I became accustomed to a system for distributing alcoholic beverages that struck people from most other states as bizarre. Beer could be purchased only from bars, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. It’s increasingly clear that Pennsylvania is unnecessarily ...

Beijing, May 6 (efe_epa).Beijing, May 6 (efe_epa). — China will end in 2017 one of the longest monopilies by the state, going back over two millenia, by eliminating government control on price, ...