Sunday carryout alcohol sales

There's more discussion to come - whether more than just liquor stores may sell cold beer, for instance - but Sunday was a historical day for many Hoosiers.

Businesses are preparing for this Sunday's newly-legal alcohol sales.

Lifting the ban on Sunday sales signals the end of an era in Indiana. But, there's another decades-old alcohol law where the state is still a holdout: cold beer sales.

With the stroke of his pen Wednesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill easing the state's Sunday blue laws. Hoosiers will be able to purchase alcohol on Sunday March 4.

The bill takes effect immediately, which means Sunday alcohol sales will be allowed beginning this weekend.

The Senate must take one final vote on a change to the bill before it goes to the Gov. Eric Holcomb for his signature.

Sunday alcohol carryout sales would become legal even earlier than expected under a legislative change made in a House committee Wednesday.

Legalized Sunday alcohol carryout sales seem a near certainty after the House approves a bill one day after the Senate passed an identical measure.

A Sunday alcohol sales bill has never so much as passed a Senate committee before this year, let alone the whole chamber.

Sen. Karen Tallian's proposed amendment would make Sunday alcohol sales available like every other day - from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.