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Idaho revenue from tax collections was $50 million below expectations for the first three months of the current fiscal year, but state budget officials are still predicting a $1.5 billion budget surplus. Officials on Monday said September's revenue was down about $11 million, with sales and corporate income taxes below predictions. Despite missing projections, Idaho revenue is about 7.5% — or $94 million — more than the same period last year. The report includes a $500 million income tax rebate this year approved by lawmakers in September and an ongoing income and corporate tax cut that takes effect Jan. 1 by creating a 5.8% flat tax.

Montana’s recreational cannabis sales through the first quarter of the market’s first year are outpacing projections and it’s not even tourism…