"Horizon," the public affairs television program for confessed political junkies, is in danger of going off the air because of budget cutbacks at Arizona State University, said former News and Public Affairs Director Mike Philipsen.

Republican lawmakers have released a budget proposal they say will balance a $3.3 billion budget deficit without raising taxes or borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars. Instead, they will rely heavily on cuts to education funding and municipalities.

Republican leaders are expected to unveil a budget proposal today that would close the state deficit without raising taxes and without borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars.