Sales tax-free week begins Conn.

HARTFORD Both Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the General Assembly's majority Democrats had proposed scrapping the tax exemption on most individual items of clothing and footwear priced under $300, saying the state could no longer afford it. But without an agreement for a new two-year budget, the week will continue.

It starts Sunday and runs through Aug. 22.

Connecticut has offered the week-long exemption from the 6 percent sales tax for nine years. It's expected to cost the state $3.3 million.

Rell and lawmakers have been at odds on how to cover a two-year, $8.56 billion budget. Connecticut and Pennsylvania are the last remaining states that have not yet passed a budget.

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