March is Ladder Safety Month: Are your employees properly trained?
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One of the most common workplace accidents involves ladder-related injuries. In the United States, over 500,000 people experience ladder-related injuries each year at work or home, and more than 300 people die from such injuries.
Sen. Mike Shirkey is MRA’s 2018 Legislator of the Year
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By AMY DRUMM
State Senator Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) is in his second and final term in the Michigan Senate, where he was recently elected Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues for the next four years.
Jeweler Becky Beauchine Kulka: Keen instincts and ‘luck in life’
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New MRA board chair talks about her retail evolution
By MEEGAN HOLLAND
As Becky Beauchine Kulka looks back on 30 years as a Michigan jeweler, she laughs at her modest beginnings,