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Michigan OKs Tax Breaks for Supermarkets in Underserved Areas
LANSING, Mich. — Supermarkets in underserved communities in Michigan can qualify for tax exemptions under a new law passed last week by the state Legislature here. ...
House Committee Passes Interchange-Fee Bill
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee yesterday approved the Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008, a bill that would require merchants and credit card companies to negotiate transaction fees....
Congressional Override Postpones Medicaid Pharmacy Cuts
WASHINGTON — Late Tuesday, the House and Senate voted by wide margins to override a presidential veto of H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, thus enacting the bill into law....
Bill Would Make Organized Theft a Felony
WASHINGTON — Retail associations yesterday praised new legislation that would make it a federal felony to conduct what is known as organized retail crime, or the large-scale theft of product from retailers. ...
Bill to Delay Medicaid Cuts Passes U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON — By a veto-proof majority, the U.S. Senate yesterday approved a bill to delay regulations that would have resulted in drastic cuts in Medicaid reimbursements....
House Passes Bill to Delay Medicaid Reimbursement Plan
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday voted 355 to 69 in favor of a bill that would delay implementation of a Medicaid reimbursement plan said to be highly detrimental to retail pharmacies. ...
Groups Urge EPA to Revise Food-to-Fuel Mandates
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency was urged here yesterday to freeze federal food-to-fuel mandates for 2008 and 2009 at the U.S. production levels for 2007, in a letter sent by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, American Beverage Association, Snack Food Association and other industry groups. ...
Senate Introduces Credit Card Bill
WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., yesterday introduced the Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008, a companion bill to legislation that was introduced in the House in March that calls for credit card companies and merchants to negotiate transaction fees....
Wegmans Asks Shoppers to Support Liquor Bill
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans’ support of a new bill that proposes to remove the two liquor license limit for New Jersey food retailers was the focus of an email it sent to shoppers in the state earlier this week. ...
RILA Calls for Retail Crime Legislation
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) here pointed to the takedown of a nationally organized retail crime (ORC) ring in San Jose, Calif., as evidence of the need for federal legislation to combat the growing problem of ORC....
Farm Bill Do-Over Likely This Week
WASHINGTON — The Senate will likely re-vote on the full 2007 Farm Bill this week, Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin’s office told congressional newspaper The Hill on Friday....
FMI Applauds House Interchange Hearing
ARLINGTON, Va. — The House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws on Thursday held a hearing on a proposed legislation that would allow retailers and the market to have a say in fees charged by credit card companies, according to the Food Marketing Institute here. ...
House, Senate Pass Farm Bill by Veto-Proof Margins
WASHINGTON — In defiance of a veto threat by President Bush, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 2007 Farm Bill with a 318-106 vote this week. The Senate followed yesterday by approving the bill 81-15....
H-E-B Pharmacy Exec: Medicaid Reimbursement Cuts ‘Devastating’
WASHINGTON — Describing cuts to Medicaid reimbursement as “devastating” to retail pharmacies, Dennis Wiesner, senior director, privacy, regulatory, government and industry affairs, and pharmacy managed care, H.E. Butt Grocery Co., San Antonio, yesterday called for Congress to pass the Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act, which would permanently overturn the average manufacturer’s price regulations put in place by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, and now blocked by a federal judge....
H-E-B Pharmacy Executive to Testify in Washington
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Dennis Wiesner, senior director of privacy, regulatory, government and industry affairs and pharmacy managed care at H.E. Butt Grocery Co., San Antonio, will testify today on behalf of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, here, before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business. ...
