1.   Governors in both states have said they dislike relying on lottery revenues to fund essential government services.

2.   The government is counting on higher tax revenue to fund its investment plan.

3.   The revenue funds schools, law enforcement, park systems and more.

4.   Eisenberg said increased revenue could fund projects like an underground freight tunnel that would help reduce truck traffic on increasingly crowded roads.

5.   Its revenues fund half of the national budget.

6.   The government has allocated spending in its budget for public works construction funded by revenues from the sale of NTT shares.

7.   The U.N. group said the nations had made progress in protecting sturgeon populations and needed the caviar revenue to fund more conservation programs.

8.   The territory government, currently in the midst of a financial crisis, relies on the rum revenue to fund public works projects.