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Georgia case over railroad’s use of eminent domain could have property law implications

Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 11:07 am

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A hearing is taking place to help determine whether a Georgia railroad can legally condemn property to build a rail line.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The Libertarian-leaning Institute for Justice is representing opponents and hopes to chip away at eminent domain, the government power to legally take private land while paying fair compensation. Georgia law says such seizures must be for public use and opponents say the Sandersville project doesn’t meet the standard.

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VERBATIM: The Georgia Public Service Commission is expected to hear testimony Monday about the 4.5-mile line near Sparta. It’s scheduled to be built by the Sandersville Railroad to serve a rock quarry and possibly other industries and connect to the CSX railroad at Sparta. People in the rural neighborhood don’t want a train track through or near their property.

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Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 3:31 pm

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Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 1:18 pm

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Michael Harrington SRN News religion desk editor

Europeans are giving up on the afterlife

Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 10:30 am

Europeans are giving up on the afterlife

VERBATIM: According to a new poll, large percentages of people who live on the continent do NOT believe that there is any life after death. Only 42% of the people who live in England think that there is an afterlife. In France it’s 41%, in Germany — 39% and 36% in Finland. In fact, the only country in Europe where a high percentage of people believe in life after death is mostly-Muslim Turkey. 92% there, believe.

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