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Stuff you need to know, 6.29.23

“‘It’s not a done deal:’ Lawmakers voice discontent on Rio Grande SCOTUS presentation”
by Danielle Prokop, Source NM
June 28, 2023

While a federal judge’s decision is still to come on the proposed resolution of Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado, the New Mexico State Engineer and the Elephant Butte Irrigation District presented a meeting of the legislative finance committee on Tuesday with competing plans to address one possible outcome: less Rio Grande water to distribute in the state.

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“Supreme Court ruling complicates Navajo Nation’s fight for more water”
by Michael Phillips and Sam Metz, Associated Press; posted in the Paper
June 26, 2023

Already facing some of the most severe water scarcity in the drought-stricken Southwest, the tribe now has to deal with a Supreme Court ruling this week that will make securing water even harder for the 170,000 enrolled tribal members who live on its reservation.

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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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