Business spending fell 13.3percentt, exceeding initial projections of a drop of 11.5percentt.
Sales totals fell short of projections in 2014, the first year of legalized recreational sales in the state (and the nation) But this year, tax revenue from marijuana sales is exceeding initial projections of $70m.
Some studies have also cast doubts on fears that legalization leads to higher rates of teen abuse, and backers of legalization further point to the big tax revenues the commercial industries have raised, exceeding initial projections.
When Boston 2024 says the games will not exceed their proposed $4.7 billion budget, No Boston Olympics points to research from the University of Oxford showing that since 1960, the Olympics have overrun initial cost projections "with 100percentt consistency". It notes that costs of the 2012 London Olympics, which exceed initial projections by billions, are still rising.
Every Olympics from 1960 to 2012 exceeded initial cost projections, doing so at an average of 179percentt, according to a study from the University of Oxford that became a common point of reference in the Boston debate. .
In 2006, with the wholesale tax increase already exceeding initial revenue projections, lawmakers and Mrs. Rell agreed to dedicate $477 million of that additional revenue, up from $206 million, for transportation projects during the program's first four years.
Final lung weights did not exceed initial ones.
Many contracts are "cost plus," meaning there will be no penalty if a contractor wildly exceeds the initial projection.
Though that number exceeds their initial projection, bid leaders still believe they can cover all expenses with revenue earned from sources such as broadcast rights, corporate sponsorships and ticket sales.
Yet just as the original iPod led to smaller and cheaper models, thus exceeding Mr Jobs' initial projections, so the iPhone too could become a big family of products.
