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Media Releases

State Budget Hearings
3/7/2008 9:37:00 AM

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This Week In Springfield

This Week in Springfield - 95-37
Approximately 350 employers descended on Springfield for the annual Business Day. Attendees heard from legislative leaders, spent the afternoon at the Capitol making their voices heard, and closed out the day with the best Springfield party of the year.

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This Week in Springfield - 95-36
This Week In Springfield, the dominant topic of conversation was potential constitutional amendments. In order for a proposed amendment to qualify for the ballot in the November election, it must be approved by both chambers of the Assembly. Approval requires a super-majority three-fifths vote.

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Minimum Wage Action Alert - Immediate Action Requested
PLEASE CALL YOUR STATE SENATOR TODAY AND ASK HIM/HER TO VOTE 'NO' ON H.B. 5141 OR ANY BILL CONTAINING SIMILAR LANGUAGE.
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Retail Register

Looking at the Law: Sales tax rates on the rise in April, July
3/31/2008 3:00:00 PM
By Tanya Triche, IRMA Staff Attorney
Sales taxes have increased for Cook County and the five collar counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. Here is what you can expect.
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IRMA In The Media

Lawsuit seeks to toss city's bottled water tax
1/5/2008 10:14:00 AM
By Mary Owen -Chicago Tribune
An alliance of food and beverage retailers associations filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn Chicago's 5-cent tax on bottled water, which took effect Tuesday.
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Photo Gallery

IRMA's Golden Anniversary
The Illinois Retail Merchants Association formed in February, 1957.



Retail Day 2007




Retail Day 2006




IRMA's 48th Annual Luncheon/Retailer of the Year Celebration




Retail Day 2005
Photos from the many facets of Retail Day 2005 in Springfield.



Illinois Retailing Family Album
The Illinois Retail Merchants Association honor 106 companies from across the state as its "Retailers of the 20th Century" following IRMA's 43rd Annual Luncheon on Sept. 24, 2000.







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