Eminent Domain Watch

by Richard Ilgenfritz What does Poletown have to do with our town? For residents in Ardmore and Bryn Mawr fighting development plans, a...

Politicians Increasingly Use Property Grabs to Pad Government's Bottom Line   More and more politicians at all levels of government...

Michigan’s failed experiment with Eminent Domain comes to an end Timothy Sandefur With so much bad news emanating from the nation's...

Letter to the Editor MANY Philadelphians have been worried about the city's use of eminent domain. This legal principle lets a gove...

Airport Expansion Dumped By M. C. Naylor Despite the loss of three federal grants comprising 90 percent of the $7.4 million it would co...

Three aspects of an eminent domain controversy in Missouri Using eminent domain for economic gain under fire; could affect plans for Tri...

By Kati Bexley Eleven Araquay Park residents fighting the expansion of the airport into their neighborhood have been given new offers on t...

Legal battle has cost taxpayers millions, delayed compensation to Pappas family By Michael Squires Carol Pappas sat in her living ro...

By Arie Wilson Residents of a small Lake Conroe [TX] subdivision are outraged at a municipal utility district's intentions to use emi...

By Mary Ann Ford In June, the Normal City Council voted to use its eminent domain authority – if necessary – to obtain property for a plan...

District 21 race takes a turn for the negative GOP HOPEFUL RIPS RIVAL IN FLIER By Dan Stober Gone negative. That's the new directi...

Note: Two articles appeared on this topic, the first prior to the City Council meeting and the second reporting on what transpired. They are...

By Steven Greenhut, The Orange County Register One of the most persistent myths foisted on society by the political left is that property...

By Dan Keashen Poletown was a small neighborhood inside the city of Detroit with a bakery, night watch, and numerous churches. This c...