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2018 Top Stories #3: Supreme Court Showdown between TX and NM

Note: All week we will be counting down the top ten stories of 2018, as voted on by NM Political Report staffers. See them all here as they come in! If New Mexico loses in the U.S. Supreme Court showdown against Texas over the waters of the Rio Grande, the state could owe a billion dollars or more and also be required to halt or restrict groundwater pumping. In the meantime, New Mexico has been spending millions of dollars fighting the lawsuit. Now […]