The U.S. Justice Department has asked to join the Tulalip Indian Tribes in a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the state and Snohomish County from collecting millions of dollars in taxes from non-Indian businesses and people on tribal land so that the tribe can collect that money instead.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion on Tuesday asking to join the Tulalip Indian Tribes in a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the state and Snohomish County from collecting millions of dollars in taxes from non-Indian businesses and people on tribal land so that the tribe can collect that money instead.