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Lawmaker assures Gila River Indian Community contentious water bill is dead
The Gila River Indian Community will provide the promised 500,000 acre feet of water for the state’s drought contingency plan after being assured that legislation the tribe opposed is dead....
Gila River Indian Community moves ahead with Colorado River drought plan after clash with lawmaker
Arizona’s efforts to finish a Colorado River drought plan are moving forward after leaders of the Gila River Indian Community announced that they will proceed with their piece of the deal. ...
Arizona, other Western states unlikely to meet Colorado River drought plan deadline
The odds are looking increasingly poor that Arizona and other Western states will meet a March 4 federal deadline for wrapping up Colorado River drought plans....
OPINION: This water-rights fight belongs in the courts, not at the Arizona Legislature
A water-rights battle along the Gila River is real and important. But House Bill 2476 was the wrong way to fight it....
Arizona lawmaker withdraws bill that angered tribe, imperiled drought contingency plan
House Speaker Rusty Bowers on Tuesday withdrew his bill that would repeal state laws on when farmers forfeit their water rights — legislation that the Gila River Indian Community said would cause it to withdraw from the multi-state drought ...