Supreme Court to consider report on Rio Grande case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – It will likely be up to the nation’s highest court to settle a dispute between Texas and New Mexico over management of water from the Rio Grande.
Officials in both states have been waiting for nearly a year for a recommendation on the handling of the case that could dramatically curb groundwater pumping in some of New Mexico’s most fertile valleys and force the state to pay as much as $1 billion in damages.
Now, a special master assigned by the U.S. Sup