- Associated Press
US dedicates $60 million to saving water along the Rio Grande as flows shrink and demands grow
The U.S. government is dedicating $60 million over the next few years to projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas to make the river more resilient in the face of climate change and growing demands. The funding announced Friday by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland marks the first disbursement from the Inflation Reduction Act for a basin outside of the Colorado River system. While pressures on the Colorado River have dominated headlines, Haaland and others acknowledged that other communities in the West — from Native American reservations to growing cities and agricultural strongholds — are experiencing the effects of unprecedented drought.
- WTVD – Raleigh/Durham
Evening weather forecast
The chance for storms decreases as the evening goes on.
- The Fiscal Times
Biden’s Top Economic Advisor Lays Out Principles for Tax Fight Ahead
With many of the 2017 Republican tax cuts set to expire after next year, the White House and Congress are already laying the groundwork for a huge battle over the tax code. On Friday, President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser laid out the administration’s principles for the fight ahead. On the heels of a report from the Congressional Budget Office saying it would cost more than $4 trillion over a decade to extend the 2017 tax cuts, Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Co
