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Delhi Township, near Lansing, Michigan, voted 6-0 to formally oppose a proposed large-scale data center on 423 acres near Holt, days after the project was publicly announced by the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) and developer Lighthouse Sustainability. The facility could have required up to 1 gigawatt of power and more than $10 billion in investment. Residents packed a special meeting to voice concerns over property values, noise, and utility costs, while the township withdrew from LEAP and passed a resolution demanding the project be dropped. Developers called the vote premature and are weighing options, including a possible pivot to an advanced manufacturing project instead.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is fighting a records request for a draft agenda reportedly showing plans to discuss, behind closed doors, the disposition of over 1,000 acres of Cameron County land including Boca Chica State Park, near SpaceX's Starbase operations. The item was pulled from the final November meeting agenda after reporting surfaced, and the agency asked the Texas Attorney General to block release of the draft, citing deliberative-process exemptions. Gov. Greg Abbott, who appoints commissioners and has received major donations from Elon Musk, said a sale vote isn't imminent. Environmental groups, the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe, and local lawmakers oppose any transfer of the park, long called "the people's beach."

Toms River's Township Council unanimously introduced zoning to add 140 apartments, including 28 affordable units, at Jamestowne Village, and approved converting 19 market-rate units to affordable at Autumn Ridge. But the council again failed to act on most of its court-ordered fourth-round affordable housing plan, originally due to the state in March. Mayor Daniel Rodrick accused the council of "betrayal"; council members blame him for the Jamestowne expansion. Fair Share Housing has asked a judge to enforce a 2025 settlement and strip the township's builder's remedy immunity, which could allow higher-density projects to bypass local zoning. A hearing is set for December 7, with disputed Route 70 and Route 9 parcels central to the standoff.

A decades-old dispute over a 31,000-square-foot strip of protected parkland in Leonia, New Jersey, has stalled a land sale that Kulite Industries, the borough's largest employer, needs to build an employee parking lot. The state Department of Environmental Protection won't grant permanent access through Overpeck County Park until Leonia resolves a separate issue: its public works buildings, built in 1974, encroach on land classified under the state's Green Acres program.

Fixing the encroachment would require either demolishing the DPW facility or providing five acres of replacement land per acre affected, both costly for taxpayers. Mayor Bill Ziegler has pressed the county, DEP, and Governor Mikie Sherrill's office for relief, while Kulite, which employs nearly 900 people and is being courted by other states, says the parking shortage threatens its ability to stay in New Jersey.

Since 2001, Lakewood Township has transferred 220 acres of public land near the Jersey Shore BlueClaws stadium at no cost to a development arm of Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG), a large Orthodox Jewish yeshiva. The entity, Cedarbridge Development, has resold the land to builders for nearly $70 million, while developers have saved over $8.6 million through local tax breaks (PILOTs) since 2018. A 2010 lawsuit challenging the deal as unconstitutional was dismissed. Constitutional experts say the arrangement may violate the state constitution's "gift clause" barring giveaways of public property without clear public benefit.

The New Jersey State Commission of Investigation is now examining similar municipal land deals involving PILOT tax breaks statewide, without confirming whether Lakewood is a specific target. The scrutiny comes as Lakewood faces a budget shortfall, a hiring freeze, and warnings of 2027 layoffs.

Charleston County voters decide Nov. 3 whether to renew a half-percent transportation sales tax funding road projects, transit, water quality efforts and the county's greenbelt land-protection program. The greenbelt initiative, the first locally funded program of its kind in South Carolina, has protected more than 29,000 acres over 22 years and leveraged matching state, federal and private funds, including over $2.5 million from the state Conservation Bank for projects near Meggett.

Supporters, including Meggett's mayor and a town councilman, argue the tax curbs sprawl and congestion while protecting farmland, wildlife habitat and waterways, framing it as cheaper than raising property taxes or leaving growth unmanaged.

Liberty Hill, North Charleston's oldest surviving community and a historic Black neighborhood founded in 1871, will appear before the S.C. State Board of Review on Nov. 20 as it seeks designation as a national historic district, with final approval resting on the National Park Service. The community, built by four men on 112 acres along East Montague Avenue, declined after the nearby Navy Base closed in 1996 and now faces development pressure from surrounding growth.

Alongside the federal nomination, the city has announced streetscape upgrades—improved medians, lighting, crosswalks and historic signage—funded partly through a $2.5 million council district allocation, plus plans for a future Neighborhood Conservation District to limit development size and preserve the area's character.

Maui-based Alpha Inc. has been selected as contractor for a major restoration of East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2 in Hilo. The project will raise and realign nearly 4,500 grave markers, add burial section markers and watering stations, and carry out grading and soil and turf rehabilitation across 5.5 acres on Laimana Street.

The work is funded by a federal grant of up to roughly $6.1 million awarded in late September by the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration, with the state Department of Defense's Engineering Office overseeing construction. Work is slated to begin in early January and take about three and a half years to complete. The county Parks and Recreation Department, which handles day-to-day upkeep, welcomed the collaboration.

The restoration follows a 2021 VA Inspector General audit that found longstanding deficiencies at the cemetery, including improperly installed flat markers and grave sites left unmarked for years due to the county lacking funding and staffing to meet federal standards.