Right to Repair
Automotive groups will be banding together to ensure consumers have choices in post-warranty auto repair. The national agreement, which ends the prolonged “Right to Repair” debate within the industry, is…
Merchants Not Gaining Independence From Credit Card Fees
According to the latest release from Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), it won’t be just hot dogs that will get a good grilling over hot coals this Fourth of July. The…
IRS Moves Forward With Health Insurance Forms
Absence of the forms has left employers unable to plan for 2015 taxes On July 24, the IRS released draft forms that employers will use to report on health coverage…
NACS Submits Statement on Tobacco Tax Evasion
NACS shares concerns about unleveled playing field with Senate Finance CommitteeThe U.S. Senate Finance Committee is held a hearing to address tobacco tax evasion, an issue about which NACS has…
Congress raids LUST Trust Fund — once again — to help fund the highway system
By Paige Anderson In July, the House of Representatives passed legislation to fund the Highway Trust Fund through May 2015. Without the additional monies, the fund would run out of…
Congress Passes Highway Trust Fund Extension
Last-minute legislation awaits President Obama’s signature, would provide funding through May The nation’s highway and mass transit programs will be funded for another 10 months after Senate Democrats approved a…
SNAP EBT Data Release for Retailers
USDA is sending notices to SNAP Retailers notifying them of a recently published request for information (RFI) on a proposal to release store level SNAP redemption data to the public.…
NACS Seeks High Court Ruling in Debit-Swipe Fee Case
By Vincent Taylor, vtaylor@opisnet.com Copyright, Oil Price Information Service As expected, the National Association of Convenience Stores is taking its battle over debit card swipe fees to the U.S. Supreme…
Prairie Farms Promotes Gary Davis to National Sales Manager
Printed in the September issue of Michigan Food News magazine MIRA Board member and MGA’s Associate Member Prairie Farms Dairy promoted Gary Davis to National Sales Manager, effective October 1.…
Senator Durbin Says Swipe Fees Are Too High
Author of swipe fee cap rule now says retailers are right, and “consumers have suffered” from excessive bank fees In the years since the Federal Reserve’s cap on debit card…