The sales tax in July was down almost 6% from a year ago, not from what we projected, but literally from what, you know, was down from a year ago. The three months since then have been about flat. A lot of our other revenues are down. The farm economy is a little tough right now, and we're just seeing a lot of indicators that this could be a pretty slim year for the state budget. (28:24–28:27)
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Asserts that sales tax revenue has remained flat for the three months following July.
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