Terry Shea, an Alabama Retail Association board member and co-owner of Wrapsody in Hoover and Auburn, along with the manager of the Hoover Wrapsody, Bridget Veazey, appear in a just-released video featuring the voices of those adversely affected by the Department of Labor’s proposed rule change…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and the Alabama Retail Association in their continuing partnership to limit driver license fraud today presented the Driver License Examiner of the Year Award to Eric Lucas and Driver License Specialist of the Year Award to Cynthia Ash….
Shortly before 4 p.m., Gov. Robert Bentley signed a law preempting Birmingham’s $10.10 minimum wage ordinance as well as other similar local ordinances in the future. The Alabama Senate voted 23-11 today for HB174, sending it to the governor. The Birmingham City Council voted Tuesday, Feb….
Alden Holley says the customers at his Selma hardware store tend to wait until after an emergency to buy needed supplies. “We do get some sales (during the state’s severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday). We make a section. People come…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley issued an emergency declaration effective Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. >> Governor issues statewide state of emergency due to expected impact of severe weather >> Five tornadoes confirmed so far from Tuesday’s storms >> Wiregrass cleaning up damage after Tuesday storms…
The Birmingham City Council voted Tuesday, Feb. 23, to increase the minimum wage in that city by almost 40 percent. With less than a day’s notice, one city in our state voted to increase what employers must pay their minimum-wage employees by…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association has made endorsements in the upcoming primary and special elections. In advance of the March 1 primary, Alabama Retail Association has made endorsements for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and Alabama Supreme…
The Alabama Legislature began its 2016 regular session Tuesday, Feb. 2. The Legislature made committee, rooming and phone changes right up to the session’s start and has more committee changes planned. The Alabama Retail Association each year prints a legislative…
When does the Alabama Legislature meet in 2016? Alabama lawmakers went into session Tuesday, Feb. 2. They must meet no more than 30 legislative days (days when the Legislature is in formal session. This does not include days when there are…
Alabama retailers want customers with disabilities to be able to move freely within and outside their business. What they don’t want is to be harassed by a lawyer trying to extort huge legal fees from them based on minor or nonexistent…