Tag: eminent domain
Johnston Town Council votes in favor of land taking by eminent...
JOHNSTON – The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to take a developer's land by eminent domain again in yet another chapter of a...
Johnston eminent domain case dismissed in Superior Court
JOHNSTON – A Providence County Superior Court judge has dismissed the town's eminent domain case amidst efforts to seize 31 acres of land from...
Was Johnston right to seize undeveloped land for a needed public...
The Johnston Town Council on Jan. 28 voted to seize by eminent domain 31 acres of undeveloped land where the owners had planned to...
Developers file lawsuit after Johnston seizes land through eminent domain
JOHNSTON – The family-owned developer whose 31 acres of undeveloped land was seized by the town is speaking out after filing a lawsuit against...
Johnston council backs mayor’s plan to seize affordable housing site
JOHNSTON – The Town Council Tuesday voted in favor of the mayor’s plan to stop the proposed construction of a low-income housing development in...
Pawtucket wants ‘square deal’ under eminent domain
The legislator behind a new law that matches tax-increment financing authority with federal opportunity zones in Pawtucket says the change it makes to existing...
TIF expanded to Pawtucket opportunity zones
A new law that aligns tax-increment financing authority in Pawtucket to newly created federal opportunity zones is seen by lawmakers as having the potential...
Moderate Party gubernatorial candidate challenges changes to eminent domain
The discussion in recent months of a proposal, now law, that would authorize borrowing for a new ballpark for the Pawtucket Red Sox concentrated...
Mattiello releases new proposed PawSox stadium plan with TIF district
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello released a draft of newly proposed legislation put forth on a new Pawtucket Red Sox stadium designed...
















