FROM INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Indiana failed to collect as much revenue as the state budget plan expected for the third consecutive month in October.

Indiana collected $189 million less last month than its budget plan expected. And through four months of the fiscal year, state revenues are now $342 million short of the budget mark.

All three of the Indiana’s major tax categories are failing to meet expectations this fiscal year.

Indiana will receive a new revenue forecast next month. But Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) said lawmakers are prepared for a much less rosy picture than the last few years.

“It is appropriate to set expectations a little bit lower this year, because I do not think we’re going to have the revenue that we’ve been accustomed to,” Bray said.