LANSING (AP) -- Michigan lawmakers are ready to start the formal debate over repealing the state's unique law requiring individual price tags on most retail items.
A House committee is scheduled to hear testimony Tuesday on a bill that would repeal the law.
Supporters of repealing the item-pricing law say it's a hidden tax on consumers and results in higher prices at stores.
The United Food and Commercial Workers union supports the current law and says jobs would be lost in grocery stores if it's repealed.
Officials with Michigan's AARP chapter say they're open to modifying the law but want to make sure consumer protections remain in place.
Republicans sponsoring the bill say price advertising rules and other consumer protections would remain in place.
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