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Taxpayers' Group Wants School-Shopping Tax Holiday

As many area students go back to school this week, Ohio parents have been spending millions on school supplies and equipment for their children plus an extra seven percent or so on top of that for state and local sales taxes.

A newly-formed taxpayers' group is hoping that, before the start of next school year, there will be a three-day sales tax holiday. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has that story.