Dudley selectmen wrangle with resident over land taking for road near Nichols College
“Selectmen Monday night formally accepted 23 donated construction easements and took by eminent domain a 24th property to begin a $2.8 million road improvement project on the Nichols College campus portion of Center Road. Nichols…
Two legislators oppose eminent domain for pipeline
“Two key Iowa lawmakers say they are opposing the use of eminent domain to obtain easements on private property to construct an 1,100-mile Bakken oil pipeline that would cross through 17 Iowa counties. Sen. Robert…
Erie OKs eminent domain power at Aaron Harber’s Golden Run
“The Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to authorize a third-party’s acquisition, through eminent domain, of a small slice of television host Aaron Harber’s property. Harber and the Erie Farm Metropolitan District, better known as…
Erie trustees could grant eminent domain power to Golden Run neighbor
“Aaron Harber, a public affairs television host and owner of the controversial 320-acre Golden Run parcel in Erie, is crying foul over a resolution on the town board’s agenda that, if approved, would allow a…
Utility petitions court for eminent domain power
“The Mid-Kansas Electrical Company is petitioning the Ford County District Court in an attempt to secure the right to use portions of 28 tracts of privately-owned land, roughly 143 acres, to complete an electricity transmission…
Chatham land dispute turns acrimonious
“When a Barnstable County sheriff’s deputy came to his door last week with a summons, Selectman Sean Summers half-wondered what he’d done. But inside was a notice for a preliminary injunction hearing naming Summers, his…
Jamaica board could resort to eminent domain
“The Selectboard put its foot down on two issues explored during previous meetings. After several discussions with Town Hall abutter Ralph Smith, board members felt it was time to give him a deadline. If he…
New rules proposed on eminent domain process for new pipelines
“To be frank, the idea of a pipeline running across his prairie really ticked off cattleman Pete Bonds. But not to be paid a fair price for the land only made him madder. Bonds, who…
St. Clair County tangles with landowners over widening Frank Scott Parkway
“St. Clair County is continuing its two-year fight to use eminent domain to take land needed to improve a busy intersection at Frank Scott Parkway East and Old Collinsville Road in Swansea. The fight pits…