2022 election: Water regulation and spending punctuate state and local ballots
Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. In rural southeastern Arizona, however, the kitchen table issue strikes closer to home. Voters in parts of Cochise and Graham counties will decide whether to join the state’s more populated districts and regulate groundwater extraction. Orchards, vineyards, and dairy farms have moved into this dusty corner of Arizona where large-scale irrigation has caused drinking water wells to go dry and the land to subside, damaging highways. … In California and New York, voters will be asked to approve multibillion-dollar bond and taxing measures to benefit air, land, and water.
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