Economy and macroUpdated November 8

Arizona Democrats outline priorities after regaining legislative power

With legislative power back in Arizona, Democrats are turning to what they want to do with it. Oscar De Los Santos, who is expected to become House speaker when lawmakers reconvene next year, said the party has a robust agenda ready after a long period out of power. The proposals include barring corporate landlords from buying homes, addressing pricing based on people’s past purchases, tackling the state’s water problems and reining in the universal education voucher program. That program lets families use taxpayer dollars for private-school tuition and other education costs. De Los Santos described its spending as excessive and said Democrats would redirect funds to public schools. These are priorities and proposals, not laws already passed.

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