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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has an article on the eminent domain reform proposal in Washington State. … ...

The Objective Standard has posted a debate between the Ayn Rand Institute's Yaron Brook and the International Economic Development Council's Jeffrey Finkle on the philosophical issues surrounding eminent domain, and you can listen to it on the TOS website. The debate took place last May. … ...

The latest issue of the Independent Review has an interesting article by Edward Lopez and Sahsa Totah about the reaction to Kelo. You can read it online here. … ...

Good news, for once, out of Riviera Beach, Florida. Background here, in a post from November. … ...

Congratulations to attorney Bill Ward of the New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog on successfully defending the rights of two property owners in cases being litigated by Carlin & Ward. … ...

by Timothy Sandefur Yankee magazine has a feature story on the Kelo case. It's a chilling tale of what goes on in an America that once prided itself on freedom and equality. Excerpt: On the day before Thanksgiving of that year, a sheriff affixed a letter to Kelo's door: Her home had been condemned by … ...

by Timothy Sandefur The Madison County (Miss.) Journal has this article on a proposal to amend the state constitution to forbid the abuse of eminent domain. The bureaucrats' reaction? Typically, they're upset that the proposal would stand in the way of their ambitious schemes for your property: Tim Coursey, executive director of the Madison ...

The Assoicated Press is reporting a Wyoming poll that finds 77 percent of residents want stronger protection from eminent domain abuse. Meanwhile, the Casper Star Tribune reports on an eminent domain bill currently pending in the Wyoming legislature. … ...

The Arcadia, Ca., city council has approved a measure that would ban eminent domain abuse. It will appear on the May 8 ballot. … ...