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by Timothy Sandefur Along with city bureaucrats, newspapers tend to be the leading supporters of using eminent domain to “improve the local economy” by taking homes and businesses from people and giving the land to private developers. This is generally because the newspapers see such things as “progress,” and they cater to t ...

The Illinois Farm Bureau comments on the state of Illinois' new eminent domain law. … ...

The Cincinnati Enquirer has this article and this video on the Ohio eminent domain decision. (HT: Castle Coalition). … ...

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack says he won't try to challenge the legislature's overruling of his veto to eminent domain reform. It's unclear what grounds he might have for such a lawsuit anyway. … ...

Reformers in New York (probably the nation's leading abuser of eminent domain) are trying to persuade Governor George Pataki to sign legislation to reform eminent domain. … ...

by Timothy Sandefur The Daily Plan, which is a blog run by the "Progressive States Network," complains about ballot initiatives (including California's) which would limit government's power to expropriate our property. And look how they put it: such initiatives, they say, would "upsetting one of the oldest democratic freedoms ...

The Marysville (CA) Appeal-Demcrat has an editorial praising the Ohio Supreme Court's ruling—and the editorial has been picked up by this Australian newspaper. Australia, of course, is the source of the greatest movie about eminent domain of all time, The Castle, and if you haven't seen it, you really should. … ...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Bill Virgin explains his future career plans: If this newspaper gig doesn't pan out, maybe I'll try a new line of work—commercial real estate development comes to mind. One of those big mixed-use high-rise projects would be fun, with glitzy retail, pricy condos and a swank hotel. And I've got just ...

The Oregonian's Laura Oppenheimer reports on the eminent domain ballot initiative that Oregonians will vote on in November. … ...