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April 18, 2002
Voucher program draws another big donor
A South Florida CEO commits $1-million to the state's controversial scholarship program for low-income children.
Drug amendment effort ends
TALLAHASSEE -- Organizers of a ballot initiative that would have steered some nonviolent drug offenders to treatment instead of to prison have abandoned their effort, complaining that Florida's legal process is dysfunctional. The Campaign for New Drug Policies, the national group behind the measure, said it will pursue similar ballot initiatives in Michigan and Ohio for the November election. The group hopes to put the measure before Florida voters in November 2004.
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