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Business Can’t Assume Unmasked Patrons Have Medical Excuse

LANSING - Business owners shouldn’t assume someone not wearing a mask inside their establishments are medically unable to do so, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in an update to her mandatory mask executive order Friday. The Governor wrote in Executive Order 2020-153 that if a customer says he or she is not medically able to wear a

Whitmer’s Next Move Unclear After Senate Overturns Executive Order On DEQ Restructuring

LANSING - By midday Thursday Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer was faced with a challenge not placed before an occupant of the governor's office in more than a generation: full rejection of an executive order. The Senate's 22-16 party-line vote in the Republican-controlled Senate on HCR 1, rejecting the governor's proposed restructuring of the Department of Environmental Quality and

By |2019-02-15T16:01:43-05:00February 15th, 2019|Politics, Politics/Government|

Will H-1B And Other Work Visa Rules Change?

LANSING - President Trump is considering an Executive Order to modify the current H-1B system.  During his candidacy he expressed the view that the H-1B system was subject to abuse and needed revamping.  “These are temporary foreign workers, imported from abroad, for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay,” Candidate Trump

By |2017-02-10T09:25:13-05:00February 10th, 2017|Small Business Association of Michigan|