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• NY Court Halts Columbia University's Eminent Domain Abuse

  —The Westerner

  New York’s Supreme Court Appellate Division (First Department) handed down a massive victory for property rights yesterday in the case of Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corporation. At issue was the state’s highly controversial use of eminent domain on behalf of Columbia University, which wants free rein [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 6:10am EST
  

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• State agency’s decision a victory for openness in government

  —New Mexico Independent

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  A local organization that works for more openness in government is claiming victory after a state agency decided Tuesday to publicly release documents that had been sought by the media for months.

  “Today’s action is a win for transparency,” Sarah Welsh, executive director of Foundation [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:59pm EST
  by Trip Jennings

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• Seabiscuit and Woolf immortalized

  —The Westerner

  Cardston jockey George Woolf and Seabiscuit — the horse he rode to victory in 1938 — will soon be immortalized in bronze, more than likely on the grounds of the Remington Carriage Museum, in Woolf’s home town. The sculpture, commissioned by Cardston-area rancher Jack Lowe for $130,000, will be completed [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:44am EST
  

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• Fast-Tracked Solar Project Could Speed Mojave Desert's Demise

  —The Westerner

  The federal government's determination that a 400-megawatt solar thermal power plant will not cause significant harm to a pristine strip of the Mojave Desert is a victory for those who want to place dozens of solar arrays on federal land in Southern California. But a closer look at a federal [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:27am EST
  

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