I am trying to find out what the pattern was with the state government liquor monopolies in the last 10 years or so. I have read Robin Room's very informative article that brings the subject up to date through the mid-1980s, but I cannot find anything that updates that pattern over the last decade. Here in Ohio the state policy went from state-operated package liquor stores to privately operated package liquor stores. My guess is that Ohio's action was part of a larger pattern of institutional change, but my checking with standard reference sources reveals no article on the subject. Does any subscriber know of an article on this subject post Room ? If not, do you know of other states that have done the same as Ohio? K. Austin Kerr Professor of History, Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 43210 voice: 614-292-2613 fax: 614-292-2282 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://people.history.ohio-state.edu/kerr.htm