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Feds spent months on useless plan to save the Colorado

Feds spent months on useless plan to save the Colorado
25.01.2025 4

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

4 ideas that could help Arizona (and actually pass)

4 ideas that could help Arizona (and actually pass)
14.01.2025 10

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

It's 2025, and Arizona is no closer to its water goals

It's 2025, and Arizona is no closer to its water goals
10.01.2025 5

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

A lawsuit is no way to fix groundwater problems

A judge, not lawmakers, could significantly alter how Arizona water law works. That is, if the case even goes anywhere. Arizona Attorney General...

17.12.2024 6

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

No one really wants to solve the Colorado River crisis

Colorado River negotiators should stop saying that they want to work with their counterparts in other states. Because it’s blatantly obvious that...

12.12.2024 2

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

Buckeye is missing 1 big thing to build homes again

How can metro Phoenix erase an acute housing shortage without draining its aquifers, now that the groundwater on which much of this growth once...

08.12.2024 2

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

Don't overlook thousands protesting Mesa's water rates

Mesa has valid reasons to raise monthly water bills by about $4, on average, next year. There are several key projects coming online to shore up...

27.11.2024 3

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

Arizona raises the nuclear option for the Colorado River

These are volatile times on the Colorado River, even if water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell are relatively stable. The rules expire at the...

25.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

Arizona wants to be a leader in flying cars? Oh, brother

I’ve clearly been watching too much Neil deGrasse Tyson. Because when I read about Gov. Katie Hobbs’ plan to revamp an arm of the state’s economic...

15.11.2024 1

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

Opinion: How Trump, Congress could change Arizona water

Most voters weren’t thinking about Arizona’s water supply when they voted for president or Congress. But the election results could impact pending...

11.11.2024 2

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

Opinion: No, the democracy apocalypse never happened

Plenty of folks woke up this morning feeling angry, disappointed and bewildered. Me? I am relieved. And, no, it has nothing to do with who won....

07.11.2024 2

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

Which national parks are best? Answer might surprise you

Darryl and Kathleen Toupkin of Scottsdale have gone to the far edges of the earth — literally — to accomplish their goal. They visited their first...

11.09.2024 1

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

New plan to replenish pumped water is a stab in the dark

Once a decade, the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District must decide how much water it must put back into the aquifer to offset the...

21.08.2024 2

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

What is the future of MAGA in Arizona? Readers weigh in

If you’re not subscribed to our free opinions newsletter, you’re missing out on exclusive content ― like this conversation we’ve been having with...

19.08.2024 2

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands

Decide how to grow and save water, or others will

GOP lawmakers have grown impatient with Gov. Katie Hobbs’ 2023 “pause” on new subdivisions in areas of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater. And...

13.08.2024 2

Arizona Republic

Joanna Allhands