Business Workshop: No eminent domain for private benefit
“When a neighboring landowner refuses to cooperate with a new real estate development project, developers have often asked local authorities to use their power of eminent domain to seize the land or force the owner…
Utility line opponents gear up for Iowa Utilities Board battle
“Opponents to an electric utility transmission line running from far western Iowa to Illinois are now gearing up for a battle in front of the Iowa Utilities Board. The Rock Island Clean Line would transmit…
Opposition to Grain Belt Express Clean Line, united and strong
“Block Grain Belt Express met at the Polo Christian Church Thursday, May 22. The purpose of their meeting was to educate landowners in the county about facts not given by Grain Belt Express in their…
What’s at stake in pipeline proposal
“The dispute centers on a plan by Kinder Morgan, a mega-corporation in the energy business (see its website to get a sense of the Goliath in this story) to build a pipeline through the Hilltowns….
Milford property owners balk at South Street project; town may use eminent domain
“The town might resort to eminent domain against property owners who are holding up South Street reconstruction. The $1 million project to widen and beautify the narrow street in Milford has been delayed for years…
Claverack Community Meeting On Eminent Domain
“There will be a community meeting concerning eminent domain as utility companies look to upgrade high voltage power lines running through Columbia and Dutchess Counties. Farmers and Families for Claverack is a group of citizens…
Court backs utility in eminent domain case
“The Mississippi Court of Appeals has sided with a south Mississippi utility authority in a dispute over the use of eminent domain to take private property for a sewage plant built with federal Hurricane Katrina…
Are residents being shortchanged by the Harrison Co. Utility Authority?
“When the Harrison County Utility Authority needed to put in a sewer vent off Daugherty Road in Long Beach, it needed some of Barry Neyrey’s land. The Utility Authority has the power to take the…
West Knox County family fights to keep land being taken through eminent domain
“East Tennessee is no stranger to land being taken through eminent domain. TVA has condemned thousands of acres to help form area lakes. But for one West Knox County family, who lost most of their…
Local fighting eminent domain claim
“Rebecca Lynn Eminger figures it’s a David vs. Goliath type fight, but she’s not going to give up a parcel of her land without a fight. In a court filing, Southwestern Public Service Company contends…