STATE HOUSE — Land takings that would serve to benefit only private development would be restricted in Massachusetts under a proposed change to the state constitution advanced Wednesday with no debate.
North Reading Republican Minority Leader Brad Jones said the proposal is a response to the 2005 Kelo v. New London decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Heritage Foundation sums up the 5-4 ruling as permitting the Connecticut city to take property from homeowners and transfer it to a private owner as part of an economic development plan, classifying the case as an example of judicial activism.
HANOVER, N.H. – A Dartmouth College sorority, hit by protests that a May 2015 Kentucky Derby party was racist and a symbol of oppression, elected to pull the plug on this year's event.
The sisters of Kappa Delta Epsilon voted overwhelmingly to ditch the celebration after talking to the protesters, The Dartmouth campus newspaper reported, citing sorority vice president Nikol Oydanich and president Allison Chou.
