Budget staff: Slippage in January revenue a concern

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature's budget analysts are expressing concern about a drop in a state revenue collections last month and what it bodes for the future.

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee's staff reports that January general fund revenues totaled of about $1 billion were down just under 3 percent from January 2018.

January's revenues are only about $31 million less than January 2018, but they're $91 million less than estimates agreed upon just last month by the analysts and their advisers.

The budget staff's report says the forecast loss of that magnitude "raises concerns" about the state's ability to meet the revenue forecast for the final months of the current fiscal year now more than half over.