5/16/13 - HollyFrontier announces unplanned downtime at refineries
5/8/13 - API: EPA Tier 3 Proposal Threatens Economy, Energy Security
5/3/13 - Federated Insurance Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Webinar for Association Members
5/1/13 - Report: Stimulus Dollars Illegally Used for Tobacco Lobbying
4/25/13 - Politico: Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemptions
4/19/13 - Insider's View: What Health-Care Reform Could Cost Your Business
4/10/13 - NACS: Convenience Store Sales Topped $700 Billion in 2012
4/1/13 - David Stockman: We've Been Lied To, Robbed, And Misled!
4/1/13 - EPA's "tsunami" of reg's would raise retail gas prices, industry groups say.
3/18/13 - Domestic Fuels Act Reintroduced!
3/12/13 - Ethanol "blend wall"? Refiners Weigh Options in RINs Squeeze
3/4/13 - Credit Card Law Suit: Opt Out and Object, otherwise it is assumed you agree!
2/26/13 - NACS Publishes Assessment of Fuels Market Through 2040
2/18/13 - President Ignites Minimum Wage Debate
2/18/13 - Washington Report: U.S. Senators Seek to Limit Ethanol in Gasoline
2/14/13 - NACS Unveils The Fuels Institute
2/4/13 - Obama backs away from electric vehicle goal.
1/31/13 - VIEWS ON E-15 REMAIN DIVIDED
1/31/13 - Wyoming Cigarette Tax Increase Snuffed Out
1/23/13 - Visa, MasterCard Modify Rules to Allow Surcharging by Merchants
3/13/2012
A national effort to commercialize rest stops has been dealt a severe blow by retailers across the country. Colorado and Wyoming Senators both took a strong stand to protect small, community sustaining businesses from government competition. Your grassroots efforts sent a clear message to Congress that it is very bad public policy to commercialize rest stops, choosing state government interests over small business. Last Friday, many of the pundits were predicting this to be a razor thin vote going either way. The pundits continually underestimate the grassroots capabilities of retailers when they can unite behind an issue. Unfortunately, twelve Senators decided to vote the wrong way and we will need to provide more education for them going forward. The twelve Senators voting for the Portman amendment are: Ayotte (R NH) Carper (D-DE) Coats (R-IN) Coons (D-DE) Crapo (R-ID) Kyle (R-AZ) Lieberman (I-CT) Mc Cain (R-AZ) Murkowski (R-AK) Portman (R-OH) Risch (R-ID) Toomey (R-PA) Thanks again for all of your effort, and thanks to Senators Udall, Bennett, Enzi and Barrasso for sticking with us.