FILE - A Yellow-headed blackbird perches in a wetland on June 20, 2019, near Menoken, N.D. A federal judge on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways throughout the nation. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
April 12, 2023
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April 12, 2023 12:45 p.m.
Judge blocks rules intended to protect nation's waterways
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways throughout the nation.