Sunday alcohol sales in Indiana might not happen this year or soon at all. But, Gov. Eric Holcomb said he would be willing to revisit the issue. Indiana is in a small group of states to have a law against selling beer, wine and liquor on Sunday.

This session, both House and Senate have bills to make the state’s highest education official an appointed position, and today, the Senate voted down its version of the bill, with 17 Republicans joining all of the Democrats in voting against it.

Noblesville Republican Luke Kenley voted against the bill and says it could result in major policy swings each time a new governor enters office.

“In the long run, that will be more harmful to education, than some kind of stable, checks and balances, you have to fight each other over this to get a result done.”

Making the state superintendent an appointed position rather than an elected official has been a long term goal for Republicans, including Governor Eric Holcomb and many of his predecessors.

A similar bill is still alive in the House, but it may not have the opportunity to come up again now. Senate rules dictate, if a bill receives as many no votes as this one did, nothing similar may be heard in either chamber.