Postcard of Elephant Butte Dam, c. 1916
Public-domain postcard, c. 1916

Stuff you need to know, 9.18.23

“Objections to Rio Grande SCOTUS settlement could drop in October”
by Danielle Prokop, Source NM
September 18, 2023

The federal government has been granted an extension to October 6 to push back against the decade-in-the-making settlement proposed by New Mexico and Texas over allocations of Rio Grande water released from Elephant Butte Lake Reservoir. Then other parties have a chance to reply in December, with one final round of arguments in January.

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“Senators float idea NM should take financial control of Spaceport”
by Danielle Prokop, Source NM
September 11, 2023

At least three New Mexico Senators went on the record at a presentation on the economic impact of Spaceport America at an interim New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee meeting earlier this month to argue that the state should bear all reponsibility for the future development of the facility, stating that its funding by the taxpayers of Doña Ana and Sierra Counties has been an unfair burden.

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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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