For half a century, New Hampshire’s “current use” law has been a widely used and rarely controversial policy that lets landowners pay less in taxes in exchange for preserving open space, and in some ...

Time has a way of flushing out the good, bad and ugly aspects of historical decisions. Tom Thomson and Andy Peterson offered one account of NH’s 50 years of current use (“New Hampshire’s current use ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. While saying the requirements of a broad new law on land use planning can improve how communities ...

Venable attorneys discuss New York City Charter Revision Commission’s proposed reforms to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure aimed at streamlining processes, reducing costs, and accelerating ...

FILE - Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek speaks during a signing ceremony in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is using a new land use law ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to ...

The U.S. Border Patrol's Swanton Sector in Swanton, Vermont, which enforces immigration in sections of New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. For half a century, New Hampshire’s “current use” law has ...