Are Missouri and North Dakota in a water war? ^58.9%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Ceilidh Kern - 4/26/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 17.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.6% - Availability Heuristic 10.7%

Author Mark Twain, a proud son of Missouri, once reportedly mused that “whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Natural resources officials in Missouri and North Dakota would seem to agree. In a February opinion piece, Kurt Schaefer, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, wrote that, “for more than three... more