Time Limit to Transfer Base Year Property Tax Value Expanded for Eminent Domain Takings
“Californians who have owned their properties for years understand the benefits of Proposition 13: their property taxes are based upon the property’s purchase price (with only small allowable annual increases), as opposed to the property’s…
A Homeowner’s Refusal to Cash Out in a Gambling Town Proves Costly
“A stand of blossoming lilac trees and a fresh coat of white paint hardly hide the decrepitude of the three-story boardinghouse half a block from the boardwalk. Ripped screens cover the windows that have not…
Nashua fighting order to pay $2.8 million for Broad Street Parkway land
“Costs are beginning to add up for land seized by the city to make way for the Broad Street Parkway, and one eminent domain case pending in superior court could affect the bottom line by…
Mid-Valley Airport runway construction to begin Aug. 1
“Orange barricades blocked off Sugar Cane Drive permanently this month north of the Mid-Valley Airport. Wings came and went with somewhat more frequency than in the past. Property beyond the runway remained caught in eminent…
Court further limits reach of gas drilling law
“A Pennsylvania court has further limited the reach of a major 2012 law that modernized drilling regulations, ruling Thursday that state public utility regulators cannot review how local zoning restrictions affect the natural gas industry….
Puerto Rico Recovery Act May Be Struck Down
“Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO), MBIA Inc. (NYSE:MBI) and Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBC) have exposures of $2.6 billion, $2.5 billion and $897.9 million respectively to various Puerto Rico entities that are eligible to restructure under…
Want to know how they can take your home away from you… easily?
“Before 2005, state and municipal governments played a role in deciding whether to allow a particular business interest in a particular area the right to throw you out of your home. Now states are strengthening…
Pipelines and Power Lines
“WHETHER IT’S PIPELINES OR POWER LINES BEING AIMED AT a route across your land, be engaged in the routing process early, get professional legal help with the negotiations and consider some non-monetary options in the…
Missoula, California town to collaborate on water system fights
“Missoula’s fight to take ownership of its water system crossed state lines Thursday when Apple Valley, California, agreed to help wrest the system from the Carlyle Group by sharing information and strategies. Missoula Mayor John…
Troy files suit for Transit Center land
“The City of Troy has filed an eminent domain suit against Grand Sakwa in an attempt to regain property occupied by the city’s completed transit center. The city filed the case in Oakland County Circuit…