"Director of courthouse program resigns"

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Director of courthouse program resigns

"In a recent interview about the bonding of new courthouse construction, VanHook defended the practice of the Administrative Office of the Courts that allows general contractors to bond only 5 percent of the value of their work, instead of the 100 percent required by state law."

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Ky. chief justice calls for audit of courthouse construction program

"In some counties, there was no construction-management bond at all when courthouse projects began. For example, the contract for Washington County's $12 million judicial center, which is about to open, was signed on March 13, 2006. But the pay and performance bond was not acquired until Jan. 8, 2009."