Colorado River's Marble Canyon
The Colorado River's Marble Canyon. Photograph by Donald Giannatti/unsplash.com

Stuff you need to know, 8.16.23

“Western states will not lose as much Colorado River water in 2024”
by Suman Naishadham, The Associated Press; posted in the Santa Fe New Mexican
August 15, 2023

Federal officials said Tuesday they will ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the Colorado River in 2024, thanks to a slightly improved outlook, but long-term challenges remain.

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“New Mexico Congressional Redistricting Lawsuit Moves Forward”
Staff, The Paper
August 15, 2023

On Tuesday the New Mexico Republican Party and the League of Women Voters of New Mexico, among other watchdog groups, filed a brief in a lawsuit against the Secretary of State and other high-ranking officials that charges that the congressional maps in the state were redrawn to favor Democrats. The League has no opinion on the merits of the complaint but does support the role of the courts in ruling on partisan gerrymandering and so joined in presenting a brief that analyzes the maps in detail.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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