Could a mediator help break the Colorado River deadlock? Utah thinks so ^9.2%

KUER - By Alex Hager - 4/28/2026, 8:00 AM

In-Group Bias 8.7% - Out-Group Homogeneity Bias 5.5% - Status Quo Bias 4.1%

A group of states that use water from the Colorado River is proposing a new way to break the deadlock in negotiations about the river's future: bringing in a moderator. After states blew through a mid-February deadline for a new plan about sharing the river's shrinking supply, the Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Utah... more

Colorado River water negotiators appear no closer to long-term agreement ^79.4%

KUER - By Jessica Hill (Associated Press) - 12/19/2025, 12:34 AM

The seven states that rely on the Colorado River to supply farms and cities across the U.S. West appear no closer to reaching a consensus on a long-term plan for sharing the dwindling resource. The river's future was the center of discussions this week at the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas, where... more