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Month: March 2018

Potholes play into February sales numbers

Michigan followed the national trend, with a tiny dip in retail sales in February, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index, a joint project of Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Detroit branch.

Opioid crisis: Employers must act

By William J. Hallan, MRA Executive Vice President, COO and General Counsel

Like the rest of the country, Michigan is having an opioid crisis. The number of opioid prescriptions is increasing,

Price gouging and drug price transparency

House committee tackles drug pricing

The House Health Policy Committee started work on legislation that would require drug manufacturers to file an annual report detailing their expenses related to producing drugs that cost $10,000 or more for an annual course of treatment.