Neighbors United continues to fight Ameren
“Neighbors United is the locally formed grassroots organization that is opposing Ameren’s Mark Twain Transmission Project. When the group first formed in mid-August, fewer then 20 people were in attendance at meetings to learn more…
Hearing on eminent domain in Olivette is next week
“Old Bonhomme Road property owners who oppose Olivette’s plan to use eminent domain to acquire small slices of their front yards will have the chance to speak at a hearing next week. The hearing will…
PSC hearings on Grain Belt transmission line begin
“Missouri regulators began hearing testimony Monday on a proposed transmission line that would bring electricity from Kansas wind farms across Missouri to population centers in the east. Clean Line Energy Partners, based in Houston, seeks…
Good news vs. bad news for land owners in pipeline path
“Previous information session on the proposed ET Rover pipeline have been unsuccessful, seeming to increase frustration, but a recent town hall at Goodrich Middle School, appears to have been more informative. Guests gathered by Atlas…
Ameren project concerns Council
“The Kirksville City Council is the latest group to express its concern with Ameren’s Mark Twain Transmission Project. The Kirksville City Council will be sending a letter to the Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI)…
County uses eminent domain to acquire bank lot
“Miami County commissioners have targeted three properties to purchase to help regain the parking they will lose once the new county jail is built on the lot south of the Administration Building, but one of…
Boone Hospital trustees avoid eminent domain for south campus project
“Eminent domain proceedings won’t be needed for the Boone Hospital Board of Trustees to acquire a roughly 3,800-square-foot property at the site of a $20 million south Columbia medical campus that is under construction. Trustees…
Missouri Landowners fight back against private company seeking eminent domain
“Over 700 vocal opponents attended and spoke out at the Missouri PSC Hearing in Monroe City on Aug. 12. The Missouri PSC held its first two public hearings concerning the highly controversial Grain Belt Express…
BLOCK GBE Missouri Calls “All Hands On Deck” for Public Hearing
“Block Grain Belt Express-Missouri is calling on its members, and all Missourians, to speak out about the Grain Belt Express transmission project at important Public Service Commission hearings slated to begin next week. “We really…
Judge hears testimony in eminent domain case for land near airport
“Representatives of the city of Columbia appeared before Boone County Circuit Judge Kevin Crane on Monday morning in a short hearing to enter testimony in support of a petition for eminent domain to acquire roughly…