The states exchanged barbs over how to square modern technology with century-old agreements over water access.

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U.S. Supreme Justice Bret Kavanaugh halted an Eight Circuit Court Appeals ruling that said tribes could not bring a Voting Rights Act lawsuit, which would have changed the legislative map.

Nebraska on Wednesday sued Colorado, accusing the state of withholding as much as 423.6 billion gallons more water from the South Platte River than a century-old compact allows for.