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March 22, 2019

High court exempts tribe from fuel tax

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Washington state cannot tax fuel importers who are members of the Yakama Nation.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the 5-4 ruling Tuesday affirmed the state Supreme Court's similar decision that found the Yakama Treaty of 1855 exempts tribal members from state fuel taxes.


 
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