Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State budget experts on Thursday lowered Iowa’s revenue projections for the current fiscal year, citing a slowdown in agricultural income and economic uncertainty from a divisive presidential race, interest rates and international trade. The Revenue Estimating Conference predicts that the state will collect about $49.3 million less than it had anticipated last March.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge says the winner of a Hot Lotto jackpot can continue a lawsuit that contends he would have won millions of dollars more if the prior drawing had not been rigged by a lottery vendor. A state judge in Iowa on Wednesday rejected requests to dismiss the case, which is the first filed against the Multi-State Lottery Association over a jackpot-rigging scandal inside the organization.

HOUSTON (AP) — Blue Bell is facing another round of recalled products, but believes a “robust” testing program implemented following last year’s listeria contamination is creating safe products. The current recall involves an Iowa supplier’s chocolate chip cookie dough that was potentially contaminated with listeria. Texas inspection records show testing increased at Blue Bell’s flagship Brenham creamery after last year’s recall.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say Iowa student scores have dropped in statewide reading and math tests. The Des Moines Register reports that the percentage of Iowa fourth-graders on grade level in reading fell to 74.8 percent last spring from 75.7 percent during the 2014-15 school year. In math, fourth-grade proficiency fell to 79 percent this year from 80.3 percent in 2014-15. Officials say the reasons for the declines are unclear.