Nebraska is taking Colorado to the U.S. Supreme Court over a dispute involving the 1923 South Platte River Compact, which governs how the two states share water.

The dispute also involves Nebraska’s plan to build a canal that would see Nebraska seize land in Colorado to divert water ...

The Perkins County Canal Project has generated tension between the states since 2022. Attorney General Phil Weiser threatened ...

Nebraska and Colorado have been going back and forth on water rights for well over 100 years in a long and complex history.

Nebraska is suing Colorado to have the U.S. Supreme Court assert the Cornhusker State’s water rights to the South Platte ...

Nebraska officials on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against Colorado, alleging the Centennial State is allowing “unlawful ...

The Cornhusker State accuses its neighbor of violating a 1923 compact that divides water from the South Platte River.

The Perkins County Canal Project has generated tension between the two states since 2022. Earlier this year, Attorney General ...

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Here are the four stories you need to know for July 17, 2025. The state of Nebraska announced that it is going to sue the state of Colorado over water rights. It all stems back ...

A legal standoff over water rights impacting ag producers is headed to the US Supreme Court. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers says Colorado is violating the1926 South Platte River Compact by ...

Nebraska has sued Colorado over the water rights that it says are guaranteed under the century-old South Platte River Compact, signed in 1923.