Government Goings-on

—Alan Dulaney How do you sum up a year like 2020? Endless electioneering? COVID-19 pandemic panic with zero preparation? Masks and distancing and no congregating indoors? Zoom meetings from home?...

—Alan Dulaney In central Nevada, farmers are running up against the problem that faces irrigated agriculture across the West: groundwater is a finite resource, and it is declining due to...

—Alan Dulaney It has been a year like no other, with acrimonious partisan politics, a chaotic election cycle, a pandemic that is highly contagious, resulting in lockdowns and an economic...

—Alan Dulaney For central and southern Arizona, this has been the hottest summer on record. It has also been one of the driest. The eagerly awaited monsoon rains, which were...

—Alan Dulaney It is difficult to face the challenges of one century with the tools of the last. In June, the Kyl Center of the Morrison Institute at Arizona State...

—Alan Dulaney No matter where they live on the planet, human populations dependent on surface water from major rivers become increasingly concerned when they perceive a threat to the source...

—Alan Dulaney Apparently, the only thing that goes away on the Colorado River is water; the issues still remain. Most recently attention is again focused on the 20-year long drought...

—Alan Dulaney Regardless of whatever happens with COVID-19, other things keep happening too. In April government-related things happened on the Federal level, the state level, and locally. On the Federal...