Sales tax holiday begins Friday

Palestine Herald-Press Online Edition: "Texas retailers and back-to-school shoppers are getting ready for one of the state's largest shopping events of the year - the seventh annual sales tax holiday.

The annual sales tax holiday weekend, which begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ends at midnight Sunday, allows shoppers all over the state to get a break from state and local sales tax and save millions of dollars on back-to-school and work clothes."