HB 243 (2025 | TX) would allow for the use of eminent domain to take infrastructure related property. Infrastructure property is defined in the bill to include property related to financial services and energy that has foreign ownership whether public or private.
Monthly Archives: December 2024
City buys hotel to blow it up
Macon, Ga. bought an abandoned hotel for $4.5. million at a bankruptcy sale. Are they rebuilding? no. The city intends to blow it up at midnight on New Years. Is blowing up vacant buildings the new fireworks? AP | A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025
Setting rent by AI
Cities in California are prohibiting the use of AI software to set rent prices. local elected officials say that the software inflates prices. Federal prosecutors say the practice amounts to “an unlawful information-sharing scheme.” In August, The Department of Justice and the attorney generals of eight states — California, North Carolina, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, […]