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Retailers from every corner of Michigan gathered in Lansing on April 23 for MRA’s 2025 Capitol Day...
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Law Changes Coming in June and July 2025 Michigan’s Slow Budget Summer With divided government and...
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Michigan retailers have a global reach, sourcing products and serving customers around the world....
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A conversation between MRA’s VP of Government Affairs, Andrew Beardslee, and MRA’s VP of...
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By: Sean Egan Michigan Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity Wage and Hour Division ...
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Law Changes Coming in April and May 2025 ESTA Sample Handbook Language Available After the...
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By: Drew Beardslee – VP, Government Affairs
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Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) is excited to announce that Drew Beardslee has joined our team...
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MRA’s Bill Hallan and Amy Drumm joined Michigan State Senator Joe Bellino (R) and State...
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Fixing the Earned Sick Time Act Lawmakers were unable or unwilling to reach an agreement on...
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Law Changes Coming in February and March 2025 Earned Sick Time Act As the clock ticks down to...
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In 2022, Michigan Retailers Association and many of our members were a critical voice in support of...
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Speaker-elect Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, is state representative for the 42nd House...
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Law Changes Coming Dec. 31/Jan. 1 Federal overtime rule invalidated: no change to wage...
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Elected on Nov. 5, 2024, Michigan Retailers Association congratulates our Friends of Retail!
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As you read this, I’ll probably be camped out in the Michigan Capitol building on the black and...
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Fight Retail Crime Day – Oct. 24, 2024 This day of action unites the retail industry in...
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Editor’s Note: This article should be read consecutively with Tom Clement’s Mothering Justice v...
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Editor’s Note: This article should be read consecutively with Amy Drumm’s Seeking Implementation...
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MRA’s 2024 General Election Friends of Retail The Michigan Primary Election saw over 2 million...
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On Nov. 5, 2024, Americans will participate in the most important aspect of our democracy – the...
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FMI’s newest edition of our annual survey, U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2024: Finding Value,...
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Federal Department of Labor Overtime Rule threshold increased July 1 On July 1, 2024, the salary...
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LANSING, MI – Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) is proud to announce that 81 legislative...
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Since joining the Michigan Lottery team in March, I’ve been busy immersing myself in the day-to-day...
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EGLE proposes new hazardous waste rules for electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) The...
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Regulatory News & Trends ICYMI – Period clothing exempt from sales tax The Michigan Department of...
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel created the FORCE team and Organized Retail Crime Unit in...
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By: Amy Drumm, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
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Each year in February, MRA provides members with a copy of our Year-End Legislative Report. The...
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Regulatory News & Trends NRF and Appriss Retail Report: $743 Billion in Merchandise Returned in...
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Kristin Beltzer, ChairMichigan Liquor Control CommissionMichigan Department of Licensing &...
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Regulations Affecting Your Business Michigan’s minimum wage increases to $10.33 on Jan. 1, 2024
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Legislative work officially ceased on Nov. 14. This is earlier than the legislature has adjourned...
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Organized Retail Crime continues to rise and impact your stores. The National Retail Federation has...
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Regulations Affecting Your Business Unemployment Taxable Wage Base unchanged for 2024 Employers...
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As your voice in Lansing, our job is to raise questions and concerns about government intervention...
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In June, Gov. Whitmer announced the establishment of a council designed to grow Michigan’s...
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In all likelihood, your business accepts payments through Visa and Mastercard. If that is the case,...
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Regulations Affecting Your Business Gov. Whitmer signs PREP Act into law Gov. Whitmer signed SB 219...
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Michigan’s 1976 deposit law is older than I am and is poised to have a mid-life crisis. It’s...
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Retailers and legislators gathered in Lansing in late April for Capitol Day and MRA’s annual...
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Sometimes I feel like a broken record. As we wrap up meetings with most of the newly-elected...
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Regulations Affecting Your Business Retailers seeing nationwide fake cash card scam Nationwide...
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The General Sales Tax Act, MCL 205.51 et seq., and the Use Tax Act, MCL 205.91 et seq., were...
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By: Randall Harrison, State Assistant Administrator, Labor Division, Michigan Department of Labor...
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The next two years are going to be different. But they always are. New legislative leadership...
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Regulations Affecting Your Business State set to repeal Right-to-Work law By the time you read...
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Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) today announced it is recognizing six legislators for their...
Download, print, and keep this sheet to connect with key contacts at the Capitol in 2023-24.
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By: Glenn White, Deputy Treasurer, Revenue Services, Michigan Dept. of Treasury
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Congress expands protections for pregnant and nursing employees The 2023 omnibus appropriations...
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NOTICE FROM MI WIC: TEMPORARY SUBSTITUTE FORMULAS ENDING FEBRUARY 28
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By: Tim Slawinski
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Minimum wage increases to $10.10 – Effective Jan. 1, Michigan’s minimum wage rate will increase to...
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Our Friends of Retail were largely successful with 60 of our 71 general-election candidates winning...
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The Michigan Primary election saw 2.1 million voters across the state of Michigan, and amongst the...
The following is attributable to Michigan Retailers Association President and CEO William J. Hallan:
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As of July 21, all three of MRA’s Organized Retail Crime (ORC) initiatives have been signed into law
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Needed Action by MRA Members: None. What we know Yesterday afternoon, Michigan Court of Claims...
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Michigan Retailers Association President and CEO William J. Hallan today joined Governor Gretchen...
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This week MRA’s Legislative Committee designated 99 legislative candidates as Friends of Retail; 66...
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Michigan Retailers Association applauds legislators for approving legislation and a budget that...
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Last month, the legislature took steps to crack down on Organized Retail Crime (ORC). The Michigan...
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INFORM Act looks to curb prolific organized retail crime that negatively impacts Michigan retailers
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July/August 2021 By Amy Drumm, SVP of Government Affairs, MRA
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By AMY DRUMM, MRA Vice President, Government Affairs
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On Friday, May 14 Michigan released a revised MDHHS epidemic order that took effect Saturday, May...
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Employers by now are familiar with the long list of COVID-19 workplace safety requirements issued...
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By AMY DRUMM, MRA Vice President, Government Affairs
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MRA Advocacy efforts paid dividends for members in 2020 By AMY DRUMM, MRA Vice President,...
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Now that Gov. Whitmer has had a chance to sign or veto all of the legislation presented to her...
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Under a revised order issued today, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)...
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By AMY DRUMM, MRA Vice President, Government Affairs
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On March 18, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) into law....
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In this issue: House committee takes up marketplace bills E-prescribing bill hearings this Thursday
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Legislators return from break, prepare for summer budget showdown Legislators have returned from a...
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Spring break Legislators are currently on a two-week spring break. They will return on Tuesday,...
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By AMY DRUMM
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Whitmer’s first budget is a tax and shift plan On Tuesday, Gov. Whitmer released her first state...
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Whitmer’s State of the State: lots of work to do Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave her first State of the...
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Lame duck session churning along at full speed Two weeks down, two weeks to go. Legislators...
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The Michigan Recycling Partnership applauds state Reps. Lilly, Cole, Rendon, Bellino, and LaFave...
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