Flavored vaping ban details, budget shutdown what ifs
In this issue:
- Flavored vaping products cannot be sold after Oct. 1
- What happens if the state shuts down?
- Governor proclaims Oct. 4-6 as Buy Nearby Weekend
- Regulatory round-up
Flavored vaping products cannot be sold after Oct.
Flavored e-cig product ban, wage theft bills introduced
In this issue:
- Agreement reached to complete the budget before roads
- Governor announces flavored vaping/alternative nicotine product ban
- E-prescribing bills reported from house committee
- Bills introduced to bolster AG’s wage theft task force
- Governor proclaims September as Family Meals Month
- Regulatory round-up
Agreement reached to complete the budget before roads
After much back and forth all year and parting shots all summer,
Upcoming regulations, court discusses adopt and amend
In this issue:
- Marketplace bills reported from committee
- Court hears oral arguments on changes to paid medical leave law
- Democrats road funding plan: raise taxes on businesses
- High court weighs in on nonresident alcohol sale restrictions
- License needed to sell CBD/industrial hemp products
- EEOC pay data due by Sept.
Sign up to take advantage of $5 billion class action settlement
By JOHN MAYLEBEN
As some of you already know, there is a class action lawsuit claiming that merchants paid more fees than they should have for accepting Visa and MasterCard as payment from consumers.
In her own words: Michigan Barn Wood & Salvage
Four years ago, Trevor and Kendra Patterson were selling lumber out of their 3,000-square-foot pole barn on the outskirts of Leslie and Mason. The business grew so quickly, they expanded to a 27,000-square-foot space in downtown Mason in the early summer of 2017.
New technology requirements and sales tax on gas déjà vu
In this issue:
- Summer-long legislative calendar released
- Senate committee reports e-prescribing, telepharmacy bills
- Legislature approves delayed 9-1-1 technology requirement
- Governor signs ban on sales to e-cigarettes/vapor products to minors
- Déjà vu: legislature talks removing sales tax on gas
Summer-long legislative calendar released
It’s going to be a long summer in Lansing.
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James Hallan: Late-Spring musings
By JAMES P. HALLAN – MRA President and CEO
ISSUES ABOUND
As the opening lyric in the old Lovin’ Spoonful tune goes, “Hot town, summer in the city” my prediction is that this is going to be a long legislative summer.
MRA bills on the move
In this issue:
- House committee takes up marketplace bills
- E-prescribing bill hearings this Thursday
- Whitmer signs changes to no-fault auto insurance
- Wage theft bill introduced following AG fraud enforcement unit announcement
House committee takes up marketplace bills
Two weeks ago,
SSUTA overview kicks off marketplace discussions
In this issue:
- Legislature makes first move on no-fault
- House committee hears from Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board director
- Outdoor Recreation Industry Office created
Legislature makes first move on no-fault
Two weeks ago,