• House Democrats have unveiled a sweeping proposal for tax hikes on large corporations and the wealthy to fund President’s Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan 
• The top tax rate would turn back to 39.6% on people earning more than $400,000 or $450,000 for couples, and there would be a 3% tax on wealthier Americans with adjusted income over $5 million a year

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• Lawmakers on a committee that considers state government matters have changed their meeting to Wednesday, September 22, to consider President Biden’s vaccine mandate
•  Several Idaho Republican legislators are upset about the vaccine requirement that was issued earlier this month, and some want the Idaho House and Senate to reconsider making similar mandates illegal

New requirement for Maine schools for lead testing in water

• Due to new state law, Maine schools are now required to test drinking water for lead this year 
• According to the previous law, only schools that provided their own water through wells were required to go through regular testing 
• The new lead testing program is scheduled to begin on October 1, according to the Portland Press Herald, and will run until the end of May 2022

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• As recently approved by Tennessee’s General Assembly, Tennessee schools will have to face strict obstacles if they plan to implement mask mandates
• State Republicans recently signed off new rules that protect the freedom of parents and their kids in public school to choose whether they to wear masks or not

New Legislative District maps approved by Delaware Lawmakers

• Lawmakers in Delaware have approved new legislative district maps in order to show population changes over the past decade based on U.S. Census Data
• According to Census population data from 2020, the standard population number for each Senate district is 47,140 and 24,145 for each House district

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