The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 37 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 37
A leaked tax plan draft shows how Democrats want to raise $2.9 trillion from wealthy Americans and big corporations, rolling back Trump-era tax cuts
NC Gov. Cooper vetoes anti-Critical Race Theory bill he calls ‘conspiracy-laden politics’
Republicans Have Declared War Against Honest Elections
Fauci Says He Would Support Vaccine Mandate For All U.S. Air Travel
Trump’s White House chief of staff is target of Capitol attack records request. House select committee investigating 6 January wants telecom and social media companies to preserve records on Mark Meadows.
After Being Introduced by Mitch McConnell at an Event, Justice Barrett Worries People See SCOTUS as Political Institution
George W. Bush perfectly tied 9/11 to the January 6 attack
Sanders says Manchin not supporting Biden's spending package is 'not acceptable'
Why Amy Coney Barrett's new rhetoric is so hard to take seriously
Democrats look to hike taxes on the rich and corporations to pay for $3.5 trillion budget bill
McAuliffe: Texas Salesforce employees would be welcome in Virginia in wake of abortion law
From Abortion to Voting, Texas Is Set on Making It Illegal to Help People
Jim Acosta says Donald Trump relates to Robert E. Lee because they're "both losers"
Manchin's Obstruction of Build Back Better Act Is 'Absolutely Not Acceptable,' Says Sanders|"Many of us made a major compromise in going from the $6 trillion bill that we wanted" to the proposed $3.5 trillion package, said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Trump Politicizes Soldier Deaths. Gold Star Families Call It ‘Disgusting.’
With 20% of its students in COVID quarantine, school board votes to end COVID quarantine.
Barrett Concerned Republican-Packed Supreme Court Seen As Partisan
Susan J. Demas: Republicans never had a COVID plan. They just wanted us to accept mass death.
As many return to the office, tensions flare between the ‘vaxxed and unvaxxed’
Jim Crow tactics reborn in Texas abortion law, deputizing citizens to enforce legally suspect provisions
Chris Wallace Grills GOP Guv: Why Do You Oppose Vaccine Mandates for COVID but Not Chickenpox?
Kevin McCarthy Ripped On Twitter After Bizarre 3-Word All-Caps Vaccine Rant
Texas wanted to be the tech haven of the U.S. Its new abortion bill and other measures are causing workers to rethink their move. — Tech workers are marking Texas off the list of places they’d consider working after the state passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law
'Billionaires Are Popping Champagne': Progressives Slam House Dems' Tax Plan
The Pentagon spent $14 trillion after 9/11. Up to half of it went to for-profit defense contractors.

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 37

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 09:08 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. Things like "I live in X, you know what happened", "Nothing happened" or "[Politician] continues to be an idiot" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

Hi there, /r/politics. Because this thread is about local politics, I'd like to reiterate that news about President Biden or any other national political figure is off topic in this thread and will be removed. Thank you, and have a good week.

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A leaked tax plan draft shows how Democrats want to raise $2.9 trillion from wealthy Americans and big corporations, rolling back Trump-era tax cuts

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 05:01 AM PDT