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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...
THE JOHNSTON TOWN COUNCIL has voted in favor of a plan to stop the proposed construction of a low-income housing development in favor of building a new public safety complex on the same spot, WPRI-TV 12 reported. / COURTESY OF TOWN OF JOHNSTON

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...
NEW LAW: Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity CEO Mike Stenhouse believes a new law – requiring a 100% reimbursement rate for property taken by eminent domain within three opportunity zones in Pawtucket – is directed at the redevelopment of the former Apex department store.
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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...
SPURRING REDEVELOPMENT: Pictured above is the former Apex department store in Pawtucket. The city could benefit from a new law that aligns tax-increment financing authority in the city to newly created federal opportunity zones, which would allow the city to finance public infrastructure improvements to facilitate ­redevelopment.
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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...
HOUSE SPEAKER NICHOLAS A. MATTIELLO released a new proposal for legislation supporting financing for a new Pawtucket Red Sox stadium in downtown Pawtucket that creates a tax increment financing district to mitigate the state's financial exposure in the project. / COURTESY PAWTUCEKT RED SOX

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...
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