Monarch Beverage Co. expects the job cuts to occur by Sept. 1, when the Indianapolis-based wholesaler will pull out of the wine business by closing its $67 million-a-year wine distribution business.
Sun King Brewery on Tuesday announced plans to fill the food hall in its soon-to-open tap room and distillery in Carmel with four independently-operated eateries.
The law takes effect immediately, which means Sunday alcohol sales will be allowed beginning this weekend at liquor stores, pharmacies, convenience stores and big-box retailers.
The bill will take effect immediately after it’s signed, which means Sunday alcohol sales will be allowed beginning this weekend at liquor stores, pharmacies, convenience stores and big box retailers.
The measure will take effect months before initially anticipated. That's because the bill was tweaked last week to make it effective immediately after being signed, instead of July 1.
Gov. Eric Holcomb said he has a pen ready to sign a bill that would overturn the Indiana law that bans carryout alcohol sales on Sundays.
Hoosiers could be able to buy carryout alcohol on Sundays within weeks, depending on how quickly final legislative action is taken.
A state Senate bill aims to provide additional alcohol permits to a handful of municipalities, and even a major mixed-use development in downtown Indianapolis.
A House panel voted Wednesday to move up the effective date of a bill that would overturn the state's Prohibition-era ban on such sales.
Mass Ave cocktail lounge and restaurant Broken Beaker Distillery is closing, its owner announced Thursday evening in a Facebook post.
The Indiana House has approved a measure that would repeal the state's ban on Sunday carryout alcohol sales.
The bill by Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, passed Monday on a 39-10 vote. It moves to the House, which is expected to vote soon on its own Sunday sales proposal.
The bill now moves to the House, which is expected to vote soon on its own Sunday sales proposal with similar terms.
The top two Republicans in the Indiana Legislature said Thursday that legislation that would overturn an unusual law and allow more stores to sell cold beer is dead this legislative session.
Indiana will likely remain the only state that restricts who can sell cold beer after a Senate panel voted Wednesday to uphold a closely guarded law that protects the interests of liquor stores.
A Senate committee is scheduled to consider another bill Wednesday afternoon that would allow convenience and grocery stores and pharmacies to sell cold beer.
The Senate public policy committee voted unanimously Wednesday to advance the proposal, which would allow carryout sales of alcohol throughout Indiana for an eight-hour period on Sundays, sending the bill to the full Senate for amendments or approval.
Sen. Ron Alting said the Sunday sales measure will be heard Wednesday. He also has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 17 on a bill that would allow convenience and big-box stores to sell cold beer.
The decision gives new life to efforts by Monarch, the state’s largest beer and wine distributor, to sell liquor in Indiana—efforts that have been shot down repeatedly by the Legislature and have led to several other lawsuits.
Since taking office nearly a year ago, Holcomb has ducked substantive policy questions about everything from abortion and gun rights legislation, to federal health care policy or whether Indiana convenience stores should be able to sell cold beer.
