Eminent domain Coverage

House OKs proposed property seizure amendment

The state House debates a proposed constitutional amendment bill to restrict local governments from taking land by eminent domain for anything but public purposes.

Residents worry GoTriangle will profit from homes they lost for failed light rail

Homeowners who were forced to give up their land in the name of a light rail are now feeling the pain a second time. They believe GoTriangle could end up making money off what was once theirs before they faced eminent domain.

No man's land: Site of failed Durham-Orange Light Rail project stands empty

Near the site of a planned facility for the failed Durham-Orange Light Rail project, 23 acres of land taken by eminent domain sit with no clear purpose.

Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter

GoTriangle offers Duke another four to six weeks to sign light-rail agreement

A Durham councilman suggested using eminent domain to take land from Duke University for the Durham-Orange Light Rail Project. A day later, GoTriangle offered Duke another four to six weeks to negotiate.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporter, and Dave Hendrickson, WRAL enterprise editor

Bill calls for end to highway corridor development restrictions

Following a recent state Court of Appeals ruling that put the state on the hook for paying Forsyth County property owners in the path of a proposed highway, the General Assembly is looking at scrapping the law that led to the court case.

Matthew Burns

Legislative leaders roll out bond plan for lifting municipal utility debt

House and Senate leaders discuss legislation designed to reduce the debt burden of dozens of eastern North Carolina towns tied to their utility costs.

House tries again to limit eminent domain

State House lawmakers have once again given tentative approval to a proposed constitutional amendment limiting government's power to take private property.

Laura Leslie

House committee moves to limit when governments can take private property

A House Judiciary committee has passed a bill blocking the use of eminent domain for many economic development purposes. In prior years, the measure has faced problems in the state Senate.

Mark Binker

Eminent Domain bill passes committee

The bill contains both legislative language and a constitutional amendment that would prohibit governments from taking land for economic development purposes.

Mark Binker