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Stuff you need to know, 3.21.24

“U.S. Supreme Court questions both positions in Rio Grande water case”
by Danielle Prokop, Source NM
March 20, 2024

On Wednesday, justices scrutinized the positions of both sides in a case that weighs issues of state sovereignty versus the federal government’s role in managing water in the Southwest. Attorneys for Texas and New Mexico came to the defense of a proposed deal allocating Rio Grande water between those two states, while the assistant to the U.S. solicitor general said the deal should be rejected because it violates the more far-reaching Rio Grande Compact water obligations.

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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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