[News] House Votes for Eminent-Domain Changes

The House today passed an eminent-domain bill looking to limit the power of the state government to snatch private property for the use of non-government purposes. The language in House Bill 300 rings familiar to readers who recall the state?s eminent-domain issue with landowners like Madison County resident Lorenzo Archie, who in 2001 battled the state of Mississippi for his family?s right to retain a one-acre plot coveted by the incoming Nissan plant, near Canton.

FULL STORY: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/comments.php?id=12196_0_27_0_C

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