An amendment to the Virginia constitution that would make it more difficult for the government to take private property for public use — a perennial pet quest for statehouse Republicans — narrowly cleared a Senate committee Tuesday, paving the way for a full floor vote.
The proposed amendment would tighten the state’s eminent domain law and more specifically define when private lands can be taken for public use.
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