Shots Fired: Nevada Sues Over Water Cuts, Could Drag Wyoming Into Court

After the U.S. Department of Interior finalized a 10-year plan Friday sparing Wyoming – but not the Lower Basin states – from legally-mandated cuts in water usage, Nevada sued.

This lawsuit accuses the federal government, by involving itself in the multi-state water-usage debate, of jeopardizing the Las Vegas and greater Nevada economy.

It could drag Wyoming, and other states that have spent years negotiating water terms between themselves, into court…

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