The House agreed to let North Carolina voters decide whether to change the state constitution to ensure the government could only condemn private property for a public use.
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.
The state House on Thursday agreed to let voters decide in the next statewide election on restricting the ability of government to take land using its power of eminent domain.
Their approval of eminent domain was the primary reason York County Commissioners Doug Kilgore and Lori Mitrick were fired by voters on Tuesday, analysts said, though other variables were probably also at play.
Daniel Nussbaum is making what seems to be a painless transition from the real estate boom into what he hopes will be the next Internet boom. The former dentist, who grew up in Long Beach, N.Y., has spent the last four years buying up Web domain names by the virtual truckload.
