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Supreme Court, Catholic Church and tax exemption

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The dispute began in 2016, when Catholic Charities sought an exemption from having to pay a Wisconsin unemployment tax for its employees.
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The Supreme Court on Monday seemed ready to rule that a Catholic charity in Wisconsin was entitled to a tax exemption that had been denied by a state court on the grounds that its activities were not...

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