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Commissioners not ready to OK $215M courthouse-jail expansion

Architectural drawing shows how a 5-story addition on the northside of the Grove Street Courthouse was dwarf the 1995 building. [COOPER HASKELL]

By Bill Moss, Published: September 20, 2023

Trying to digest a new total pricetag of $215 million for the proposed courthouse-jail expansion, Henderson County commissioners on Wednesday called a one-month pause to seek ideas on how to trim costs and evaluate whether financing is possible without a substantial tax increase.

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