Arizona House Backs Water Pact
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By Paul Davenport Associated Press  PHOENIX -- The Arizona House on Monday endorsed a proposed multistate agreement that allows Arizona, California and Nevada to each retain the rights to the water that each adds through conservation or other means to the supply in the Colorado River.
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Democratic leaders in Congress on Friday sent President Bush a veto-proof bill to authorize spending $23 billion in water projects, having waited more than a month to request his signature on a measure he has threatened to veto.
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By Danielle Sottosanti, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 7--A proposed large increase in Oro Valley's water-connection fees met with opposition from development and building representatives at a public hearing Wednesday night.
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The Senate, ignoring a veto threat from the White House, authorized $23 billion in water projects Monday, including work to restore the hurricane-ravaged Louisiana coast and Florida's Everglades
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PHOENIX, Feb. 5 -- Sen. John McCain's operation has finally taken on the trappings of a successful GOP campaign: The more than 1,000 supporters gathered here at the swank Arizona Biltmore can sip mineral water and soda free of charge at bars at his Super Tuesday night party, as they take in the s...
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By Henry Brean  By HENRY BREAN  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The state has rejected the bulk of a request to supply water to Coyote Springs, but the ruling will not dry up plans to build Nevada's largest master-planned community 60 miles north of Las Vegas.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN Journal Staff Writer  Environment New Mexico and other environmental groups called for far-reaching policy changes to address the state's water woes Wednesday.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 22--A new city water-conservation proposal would hit apartment-building owners and renters much harder than single-family homeowners.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday approved a plan to allow oil drilling in Alaska&#039;s  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  A bill to protect ancient human remains found on private land passed both houses of the Legislature without a dissenting vote.  SB204, sponsored by Sen.
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By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 2--THE LOCAL match for federal funding of the Arkansas Valley Conduit is included in legislation introduced this week by State Sen. Jim Isgar, D-Hesperus.
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Interior Secretary Gale Norton has signed an agreement with representatives of Arizona, Nevada and California to protect wildlife habitat on the Colorado River and aid native species.
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Voters in the western US state of Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico, approved a disputed measure that has been branded &quot;anti-immigrant&quot; by opponents, officials said.
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By ERICA MELTZER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Grijalva may have big say as member of House panel  Southern Arizona's congressional representatives say they will do what they can to stop mining at Rosemont Ranch in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 11--U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is pushing a bill that would prod the federal government to find alternatives to building a 700-mile border fence across major public land preserves.
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By Taylor Bright, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--A bill that would create a statewide water permitting system and lay the foundation for water talks with North Carolina and Georgia will be introduced this week in the S.C. legislature.   The bill, sponsored by state Sen.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 15--SAN FRANCISCO -- A progressive increase in California American Water customers' bills was approved unanimously by the state Public Utilities Commission here Thursday.   Beginning Jan.