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Review the Times' day-by-day coverage of the 2002 Florida Legislature

April 11, 2002

Transit measure has a taxation option
If Gov. Bush signs the bill, Hillsborough and Pinellas officials could ask voters what they think.

Bush opposes ballot measure in drug fight
State officials call the proposed amendment an attempt to legalize drug use, while its backers say it would save millions of dollars in prison costs.

Bush bests others in fundraising
Led by a $5,000-a-plate dinner with his brother, Jeb Bush got $2.4-million in campaign cash during the past three months.

Ex-UF president named chancellor in Amherst
AMHERST, Mass. -- Former University of Florida president John Lombardi has been selected chancellor of the University of Massachusetts' main campus at Amherst.

Ponzi scheme leaders agree to admit guilt
The government says they swindled 2,000 investors out of $200-million in the phony investment before a bankruptcy raised red flags.

Anstead will be high court chief justice
The Democrat who angered Republicans in the 2000 election will become the state's 50th chief justice on July 1.


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