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State appeals Kings County judge’s groundwater injunction

September 30, 2024

• by Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow

Editor’s note: Monserrat Solis covers Kings County water issues for SJV Water through the California Local News Fellowship initiative. The state Water Resources Control Board announced Monday it is appealing a Kings County judge’s preliminary injunction that has forced the state to hold off on measures intended to corral excessive groundwater pumping in the region….

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Courts keep ruling against action tied to Westlands’ federal contract but it doesn’t mean much. Why not?

August 9, 2023

• by Lois Henry

The Center for Biological Diversity trumpeted a court ruling Monday that denied an appeal by Westlands Water District of a previous ruling that kiboshed the district’s “validation” action to have its contract for federal water converted from a term contract to a permanent one. “Once again the courts have ruled that these schemes to lock…

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State appeals Kings County judge’s groundwater injunction

Courts keep ruling against action tied to Westlands’ federal contract but it doesn’t mean much. Why not?

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