Bush says enough taxes are enough
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Jeb Bush lowered the boom on the Senate's controversial tax plan Thursday, calling it "flawed" and saying Florida's taxes are adequate to meet the state's needs.
Angry crowd lashes lawmaker over lack of public testimony
TALLAHASSEE -- A crowd of angry consumers hoping to testify against a health insurance bill exploded in anger Thursday when the panel's chairman, Rep. Frank Farkas of St. Petersburg, pushed through a vote on his own bill without allowing public testimony.
A lost identity with a dark side
FORT MYERS -- With his weathered face and shock of white hair, the patient complaining of dizziness looked every inch like a Florida retiree.
FSU med school not accredited
The school, created two years ago despite criticism it wasn't needed, does not meet national standards. School administrators will appeal the decision.
Florida is Hiaasen's weird muse
TAMPA -- Fans of Carl Hiaasen know the rubber alligator and the hit man whose skin problems could fill a medical textbook. They know the obsessed bass fisherman and the ex-governor who eats road kill.
Bush pulls plan to privatize office
Under his proposal to privatize state personnel services, 1,287 positions would have been lost.
State AFL-CIO leans toward Reno's rival
Union supporters of gubernatorial candidate Janet Reno are putting the brakes on a major labor endorsement that appears headed toward her chief Democratic rival, Bill McBride.
Most Floridians say others are prejudiced, survey say
TALLAHASSEE -- Most Floridians say a majority of people are prejudiced but don't acknowledge their own prejudice, a poll has found.
Legislature in brief
Today is the 18th day of the 60-day session.
