Report offers alternative to eminent domain for transmission
“When developers of transmission projects become deadlocked with opposing landowners, they often resort to condemning the right-of-way through eminent domain. Not only can that process be a bad deal for landowners, it can also be…
Grain Belt Express power line plan stirs opposition
“Property owners opposed to a planned network of transmission towers and power lines that would carry wind-generated electricity from western Kansas to Indiana through a portion of southern Randolph County fear the possibility of eminent…
Grain Belt Express faces eminent domain challenge
“A bill filed by Rep. Dr. Jim Neely, R-Cameron, seeks to change state law concerning eminent domain powers exercised by utilities. The measure would erase the power of eminent domain in certain counties along the…
TWO VIEWS: Use of eminent domain would set dangerous precedent
“The Preservation of Rural Iowa Alliance (PRIA) was formed July 26, 2013, to assist landowners, tenants, families, businesses and community members in finding more information on how to stop the proposed Rock Island Clean Line…