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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo released a joint statement Saturday calling on Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico to offer more concessions.

Negotiators are focusing on a five-year agreement for sharing water from the shrinking river. Experts say that would provide some much-needed flexibility.

State negotiators entered the meeting at a years-long impasse over how water restrictions should be managed during dry years. They now have less than two weeks until a federal Feb. 14 deadline.

Water leaders in the U.S. West gathered this week in Las Vegas with a hefty task hanging over their heads — figuring out a long-term plan for sharing water from the Colorado River.

Since 2022, Los Angeles County has used a predictive AI model to help it identify who is at risk for homelessness. That has some Utah leaders, including incoming state homeless coordinator Tyler Clancy, intrigued.

Utah and the 6 states that share the river missed a federal Nov. 11 deadline to make progress on a new water agreement. Gov. Katie Hobbs said she has a hard time believing the Upper Basin states can't reduce water use.

A group of nonprofits is calling for reductions to water demand, changes at Glen Canyon Dam and more transparent negotiations.

Several environmental groups want the federal government to curb water waste in the Lower Basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada.

This closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting threatens the resilience of the nation's emergency alert systems. Congress had authorized $136 million for the Next Generation Warning System grant program to help underserved communities improve warning systems.

The move by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first.

Colorado River states appear to be coalescing around the early makings of a new plan to share water in a way that accounts for climate change.

Cooke is the former manager of the Central Arizona Project. Regional water experts regard him as a qualified expert.