Lucy Morgan
Years of service, killed in a minute
The men and women who work for the Florida Legislature have always known it is possible for them to lose their jobs on a whim, but the peril under which they work was again made clear this week in the Florida Senate.
FDLE, FBI investigating alleged threat on governor
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI are investigating a letter an inmate sent to Gov. Jeb Bush detailing an alleged threat against the governor, officials said Thursday.
Outgoing senator won't run for House
TALLAHASSEE -- Sen. Donald Sullivan, a Seminole Republican who spent years championing education issues, announced Thursday that he will not run for a House seat this year after facing term limits in the Senate.
Taxed or not, TV stations set to attack
TALLAHASSEE -- With TV stations ready to unleash hard-hitting ads blasting his tax plan as a hidden income tax, Senate President John McKay offered to consider preserving advertising's sales tax exemption.
Seminole attorney shot at home
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- A Seminole Indian attorney instrumental in assisting a federal grand jury investigation into tribal corruption was gunned down Wednesday night at his Hollywood home.
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Fundraising down in race for governor
Just a few months ago it seemed certain that Florida's 2002 governor's race would eclipse all prior state campaigns in spending and fundraising. After all, it looked like a great grudge match for Democrats livid about a "stolen" presidential election to take on the president's brother in the recount state.
Judge may allow inmates' accounts of guards' threats
STARKE -- Inmate Steve Porkolab said he was mopping one of the slick concrete corridors at Florida State Prison when he heard the cries of three black inmates.
