A chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin contends it should be exempted from the state's unemployment compensation system ...

the elderly and children with special needs as an expression of the social ministry of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Superior." Roth said Wisconsin's law is meant to prevent state ...

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices across ideological lines during oral arguments Monday morning expressed concerns about a Wisconsin agency’s refusal to legally recognize a Catholic charity ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Monday delved into how to define a religious act as it weighed whether charities run by religious groups have to pay unemployment taxes for their workers.

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry ... or principally supported by a church or convention or association of churches ...

The Justices review a doozy of a ruling from Wisconsin’s new liberal high court majority.

Wisconsin exempts church-controlled organizations from unemployment tax if they are operated primarily for religious purposes. The Catholic Charities Bureau, though, has paid the tax since 1972.

But a Wisconsin ... employers that are a “church,” “a convention or association of churches,” or “an organization operated primarily for religious purposes.” Catholic Charities Bureau ...

"The Catholic Church tells people that you're supposed to help other people." But the state of Wisconsin says that is not enough to qualify for an exemption from the compulsory state compensation ...

the elderly and children with special needs as an expression of the social ministry of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Superior." Wisconsin state officials in 1972 determined that the group ...