Weekly Legislative Roundup

PHOENIX — The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday kept the work week short for the Arizona Legislature as both houses get normal business going after their syllabus week. Gov. Doug Ducey’s budget proposal remained at the top of the news after the three-day weekend as the Capitol gears up for another series of budget battles….

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The silent killer is on the loose

Winter has slipped into the Arizona lifestyle and so has the potential threat for a silent killer. One family was feeling queasy and called the Fire Department who tested the air and found very high levels of the colorless, odorless gas. Carbon monoxide kills nearly 200 people per year in the United States from malfunctioning…

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Mariachi turning up the heat in Arizona

Mariachi music is hot. Rap, rock, country and pop musicians are all integrating mariachi into their sound. Betty Duarte-Matwick, vocalist, guitarronera and one of the founding members of the all female group Mariachi Pasion, believes that it takes more than music skills to play mariachi. “Music is the language of the gods both male and…

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