COLUMBUS --The Ohio Senate voted in favor of two bills reforming eminent domain in Ohio, a high priority for numerous Ohio agricultural groups, including Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
ELYRIA -- The Elyria school board hopes to have purchase agreements by August for all the properties its needs to build a new high school -- or it will look to take the land by eminent domain.
In a victory for private property rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local governments can't seize land against the owner's wishes simply because the property is underused.
Manchester aldermen have approved legislation Alderman Janet Steinbrenner, its author, contends is the most restrictive in the region regarding the use of eminent domain.
In a victory for private property rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local governments can't seize land against the owner's wishes simply because the property is underused. The court ruled unanimously that only "blighted" areas are authorized under the state Constitution, and that the Legislature did not intend for eminent domain to be used when the sole basis is that the ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court rejected Tuesday an attempt by a St. Louis suburb to use eminent domain to condemn buildings and turn them over for private development. The Clayton...
