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Latest Report Shows Missouri Revenues are Down Just Over 1% from 2014

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  The latest figures show Missouri revenues are down in some key categories.

The state collected nearly 507 million dollars last month, compared to 513 million in July of 2014, a drop of just over one percent.  State Budget Director Linda Luebbering said it’s due in part to fraud prevention measures at the federal level:

“There was this big issue where people were claiming other people’s refunds…so our Department of Revenue put into a place a process to catch that on the front end, which basically slowed refunds down a little bit," said Lueberring. "Refunds that normally would have gotten paid in June got paid in July, so it’s a one-time issue.”

Also, sales tax collections this July were nearly 2 percent lower than in July of last year.  Corporate and franchise tax collections, though, were 19 percent higher last month than in July 2014. Tuesday's revenue report was also Luebbering’s final one, as she’s scheduled to retire later this week.

Missouri Public Radio State House Reporter Marshall Griffin is a proud alumnus of the University of Mississippi (a.k.a., Ole Miss), and has been in radio for over 20 years, starting out as a deejay. His big break in news came when the first President Bush ordered the invasion of Panama in 1989. Marshall was working the graveyard shift at a rock station, and began ripping news bulletins off the old AP teletype and reading updates between songs. From there on, his radio career turned toward news reporting and anchoring. In 1999, he became the capital bureau chief for Florida's Radio Networks, and in 2003 he became News Director at WFSU-FM/Florida Public Radio. During his time in Tallahassee he covered seven legislative sessions, Governor Jeb Bush's administration, four hurricanes, the Terri Schiavo saga, and the 2000 presidential recount. Before coming to Missouri, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Blue Ridge Mountains, reporting and anchoring for WWNC-AM in Asheville, North Carolina. Marshall lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Julie, their dogs, Max and Mason, and their cat, Honey.
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