After years of negotiation between business leaders and municipalities, legislators said today they've reached an agreement to change New Jersey's liberal eminent domain law.http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/after_years_of_negotiation_bet.html

It’s been four years since the nation’s highest court ruled in a Connecticut case that cities may bulldoze people’s homes to make way for shopping malls. Now, some Massachusetts lawmakers want to toughen protections for homeowners.http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view.bg?articleid=1178764&srvc=business&position=recent

We welcome the decision by the St. Paul Port Authority to step back from using eminent domain to acquire private land for a North End redevelopment project. We hope that with that threat out of the way, the Port and the company can discuss mutually beneficial opportunities for growth and development. http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_12579395

The St. Paul Port Authority has ended its effort to seize land from a longtime North End business.http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/47732307.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Benjamin Baylor, an auto repairman from East Baltimore, found out just a few weeks ago that the city planned to seize part of his property with the controversial “quick-take” method of condemnation, pay him $12,000 for it and use it as part of the $1.8 billion East Side revitalization project.http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=11707&type=UTTM

Ralph St. John, owner of St. John Enterprises Incorporated, has worked in Willets Point for 36 years. Before starting his business, he did not know how to read and write, but he is well aware that eminent domain is threatening to take away his business and his livelihood.http://www.queenscourier.com/articles/2009/06/10/news/top_stories/doc4a2ed6efc5882551355726.txt

One of a most serious concerns facing property owners will be decided in November by voters — the right of government to use the power of eminent domain to take private property exclusively for the purpose of economic development.http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2009/06/09/local_eddy.html

NEPTUNE — An ordinance that would restrict the township's exercise of its powers of eminent domain was introduced at Monday's Township Committee meeting.http://www.app.com/article/20090609/NEWS/906100330/1004/NEWS01

Employing a rarely used provision of city code, Milwaukee officials are poised to take two commercial lots from one owner and then sell them to another developer who has made campaign contributions to a key alderman.

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Texas farm and ranch groups are glad lawmakers have taken steps to revisit eminent domain law but say it’s “nowhere near” what’s needed in a state where most land is privately held.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6464623.html