Attorneys general push back against court decision to reinstate Obama-era water rule

Published August 23, 2018 10:30pm ET



A group of state attorneys general are pushing back against a federal court decision last week reinstating the controversial Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, joined by the attorneys general from Louisiana and Mississippi, announced Thursday that they filed a motion in the District Court for the Southern District of Texas, asking for a nationwide injunction against enforcement of the WOTUS rule, as it is known.

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