Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The full government takings of residences to make way for transportation projects is a rarity in Massachusetts. But for the new ...

The Tennessee State Legislature delegated the power of eminent domain to the Metro Nashville Airport Authority with the passage of a 2023 law. While that law has been working its way through the ...

After years of inaction, Iowa lawmakers reached an agreement on a bill limiting the use of eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines. But, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced June 11 that she had ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Legal Corner answers viewers’ civil legal questions. QUESTION: I saw on KPLC a few days ago a report about businesses on Lakeshore Drive that may have to move or relocate ...

Iowa's 2026 legislative session has reached its 100th day. But differences on property taxes, the budget and eminent domain ...

This article looks at the use of a "special benefit” in eminent domain cases. Article I (§7, subd. (a)) of the New York State Constitution and the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ...

Robert Prevost grew up in a modest home in the south Chicago suburb of Dolton, Illinois. Recently, a realty company purchased that old home, fixed it up, and put it up for sale. Then a few weeks ago, ...

Bourne resident Joyce Michaud's home was among more than a dozen properties flagged by the state for taking to build the new ...