A judge has ordered the Southern Nevada Water Authority to halt its grass removal efforts across Las Vegas Valley residential communities and homeowners associations pending a hearing next week. It’s the latest development in a lawsuit against the agency for its enforcement of a 2021 state law intended to remove decorative grass in the name of preserving the Colorado River. The definition of “nonfunctional turf” was established by a committee, and three plaintiffs allege that the ban has killed trees in three neighborhoods in Las Vegas and Henderson. … Albertson has scheduled a Wednesday hearing on whether to extend her temporary restraining order.

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