Tri-Cities governments got off to a slow sales tax collection start in January. They were two of the three Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) with negative year-over-year performance for the first month of the year.
Statewide collections were up 4.2%.
Nine of the state's 10 MSAs showed a decrease from their December totals while Morristown's collections were unchanged.
January's seasonally adjusted collections for the three-county Johnson City MSA were $15.1 million and $16.4 million for Kingsport-Bristol.