Delegates Astir Over Eminent Domain Proposal
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By HARRY MINIUM  BY HARRY MINIUM  The Virginian-Pilot  RICHMOND - Del. Robert Bell speaks plainly about why he is trying to amend the state constitution.  "We want to make it more difficult for government to take your home," said the Republican from Albemarle County.
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By Omar Sofradzija  By OMAR SOFRADZIJA  (c) 2007 REVIEW-JOURNAL  A complicated compromise could expand landowners' protections against seizures of their land, while limiting the effect such limits would have on public works projects.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--The owners of the Destin land marked for the extension of Commons Drive would still prefer to receive land in exchange for their property rather than money, City Manager Greg Kisela says.
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Plans to develop Heart of the Triad acres will be met with enthusiasm by many landowners who find their property more valuable. For others, however, HOT looks like a threat to a traditional way of life.
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By Terrence Stutz, The Dallas Morning News  May 24--AUSTIN -- Impoverished inner-city neighborhoods would receive new protections when they are targeted for redevelopment under legislation adopted Wednesday by the Senate that imposes new requirements on eminent-domain projects.
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By Paul Burgarino, STAFF WRITER  SAN RAMON -- The Planning Commission will be holding a pair of public hearings today, both having to do with contentious development issues.
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By MARIE ROHDE  Glendale  The city is using its power of eminent domain to help accomplish a $300 million makeover of Bayshore shopping center, but a lawsuit filed by one property owner is questioning whether the takeover fits the law's strict criteria.
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NAACP Chairman Julian Bond's decision to weigh in on the Democratic Party's conundrum when it comes to seating delegates from Michigan and Florida has created a firestorm of discussion on blogs and talk shows, and frankly, I'm still unclear as to what his intent was.
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By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 10--RICHMOND -- A Roanoke attorney has filed ethics complaints against two influential Hampton Roads senators, alleging they have a conflict of interest in the ongoing debate over eminent domain reform.   Sens. Thomas K.
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By Todd Hollingshead, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 8--PROVO -- Some landowners who want out of Pleasant Grove have  taken their case to 4th District Court.    Stanley B.
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By Brian Lockhart, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 1--Aiming to reignite efforts to reform eminent domain laws, Gov. M. Jodi Rell yesterday released the outline of a bill requiring that cities and towns take additional precautions before seizing private properties for redevelopment.
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By Elizabeth Ahlin, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 24--COUNCIL BLUFFS -- In an attempt to beat the clock on new Iowa restrictions, the City Council will consider Monday taking as many as 66 properties through eminent domain over the next year.
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By Janice L. Habuda  Kenmore officials want to join a growing coalition of municipalities seeking guidance for dealing with vacant properties.  At their Tuesday work session, members of the Village Board discussed joining the Erie-Buffalo Vacant Properties Coordinating Council.
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By Review, Idaho Business  The title of the proposition: "Initiative limiting eminent domain when used for economic development; defining land use law; and permitting just compensation for regulatory takings." The measure will be on ballots statewide in November.
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Members of the American Medical Association&#39;s House of Delegates during an annual meeting in Atlanta on Sunday debated whether to endorse the reimportation of lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and some other nations, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle
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The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will decide whether cities can seize a person&#39;s property and transfer it to private developers whose projects could boost an ailing local economy.
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The General Assembly overreacted to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that unreasonably expanded eminent domain powers.  A bill on its way to Gov. Tim Kaine's desk goes too far in restricting those powers.