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MRA News Archives - 2004

NEWS FROM MICHIGAN

12/31/2004 Michigan restaurants project steady growth in 2005 Growth to be more modest than national growth. 10/8/2004 Michigan Restaurant Association Applauds Approval of Bill Prohibiting Frivolous Lawsuits 9/22/2004 Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Bill to Stop Obesity Lawsuits – Bill Now Goes to Governor 9/16/2004 Michigan Restaurant Owners Go to Washington to Lobby Congress 9/16/2004 MI Restaurant Association Applauds Two Michigan Students On Winning National Restaurant Scholarship 9/15/2004 Michigan Restaurant Association Announces State Winners of 2004 Restaurant Neighbor Award 8/11/2004 Fears of blackout linger State of preparedness varies in Metro Detroit 7/29/2004 Restaurateurs buck franchise 7/27/2004 Restaurants eat cost rise for time being 7/3/2004 '50s-style diner to open in August in Delta 24-hour eatery will offer salads, shakes, burgers 6/28/2004 Governor Vetoes Youth Jobs Bill Supported by Business Groups & MEA Earlier Proclaimed June Youth Employment Month

6/21/2004 Senate committee to consider bill to ban smoking in public restaurants 6/17/2004

Michigan Restaurant Association Thanks Sen. Sikkema for Leading Defeats of

6/9/2004 Restaurants begin to tap fingerprint technology Biometrics sales expected to hit $1.2B this year 6/8/2004

MI Restaurant Association Names Insurance Agency of the Year

Ponta

6/2/2004

MRA Applauds Passage of Law Allowing Teens 16 & 17 to Work 22-Hour Weeks

Governor Proclaims June Youth Employment Month

6/1/2004 Michigan House sends Granholm bill to change work week of minors 5/25/2004 Palsrok bill protects fast-food restaurants from obesity lawsuits 5/24/2004

MI Restaurant Association Elects Three New Members to Board

5/19/2004 Jackson eatery coming to area 5/13/2004

MI Restaurant Association Testifies on Frivolous Obesity Lawsuits

5/4/2004

Michigan Restaurant Association Agrees Spending Cuts & No New Taxes

5/1/2004

NEWSLETTER - Tee-Up for the MRA PAC Three-City Golf Tour

5/1/2004

NEWSLETTER - Capitol Day Growth Continues in Year Five

4/23/2004

MI Restaurant Association Applauds Bill to Stop Frivolous Obesity Lawsuits

4/23/2004

Michigan Restaurant Association Celebrates Defeat of Liquor Tax Increase & the Death Tax

4/21/2004

Michigan Restaurant Association Celebrates Defeat of Liquor Tax Increase & the Death Tax

4/9/2004 Lawyers Shift Focus From Big Tobacco to Big Food 4/9/2004 Leelanau riesling brings home international honors 4/7/2004 New restaurants may boost east riverfront Magnolia, Seldom Blues scheduled to open June 2 2/16/2004

Michigan Restaurants Oppose Tax Hike on Liquor

1/12/2004

MI Restaurant Association Renews Fight to Snuff Proposed Statewide Smoking Ban