Houston Chronicle

A window into the exploding power of eminent domain

Five years ago, when the state of Texas passed new rules governing the use of eminent domain — the power that allows governments and corporations to take private land for public use — it had no idea ...
Miami Today

With a county offer to buy, Fisher Island ‘clock starts ticking’

A formal offer from Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to buy the only fueling site for PortMiami’s ships was days away, Deputy Mayor ...

Report calls for reopening Norwood Hospital through eminent domain bill, 6 years after catastrophic flood

A new report details the impact of Norwood Hospital's closure and lays out of a possible reopening path.
Grist

Eminent domain opens doors for fossil fuels — could it do the same for renewable energy?

For renewable energy to power the United States, the country will need ambitious politicians, public buy-in, and billions of dollars in investment. But there’s a slightly less flashy tool that will ...
Forbes

It's Bad Policy To Use Eminent Domain For Economic Development, Even If It Sometimes 'Works'

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the damage big government does, especially to education. The Wall Street Journal also ran a favorable review of Somin’s ...

Parishioners climb Mount Cristo Rey as eminent domain case threatens shrine land

Hundreds climbed Mount Cristo Rey in triple-digit heat as Las Cruces and El Paso dioceses oppose a federal eminent domain bid ...

Trump is racing to finish his border wall. Here’s how he is planning to do it

President Donald Trump is accelerating his effort to finish his border wall and setting an ambitious goal of completing it by ...