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Gov’t Affairs News: November ballot could be crowded

Posted on March 5, 2018

November ballot could see many proposals that impact retailers

While it’s still early in the year, MRA has been keeping a close eye on several proposed ballot proposals including two that would raise Michigan’s minimum wage to $12 an hour and mandate paid leave policies.

Chain stores find compelling reasons to build small

Posted on February 28, 2018

By Rick Haglund

Major discount retailers that long profited by erecting large-format stores in the suburbs are going small.

Meijer, Target and others are zeroing in on underserved urban markets and college towns with smaller-format stores that are a fraction the size of their mammoth supercenters.

Michigan Retailers honors lawmakers MacGregor, VerHeulen for work on food tax bill

Posted on February 28, 2018

This year, Michigan Retailers Association chose two outstanding friends of retail to receive MRA’s Legislator of the Year awards: Representative Rob VerHeulen (R-Walker) and Senator Peter MacGregor (R-Rockford). Both legislators sponsored bills that became a new law preventing local governments from taxing food or beverages (Public Act 135 of 2018).