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Retailers project modest 2016 sales growth

LANSING – Despite a slow start in January, Michigan retailers are forecasting sales growth averaging 2 percent in 2016, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index survey, a joint project of Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Michigan Retailers Association offers three dozen college scholarships

LANSING – Michigan Retailers Association is offering approximately 36 college scholarships this spring through the annual competition funded by its Michigan Retailers Foundation.

The scholarships are available for the 2016-17 academic year to the families of MRA member businesses and their employees.

Gov’t Affairs News – cigar tax cap, med sync and more

Cigar tax-cap discussions echo Main Street Fairness arguments

The House Appropriations Committee heard testimony Wednesday on SB 476, a bill that would ensure the 50-cent tax cap remains in place for individual cigars.