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

May 3, 2002

Health bill fosters ill will in House
The Senate president's wife lobbies for a portion of the measure that breezes through the Senate and is up for a House vote today.

Girls' real dad now their legal dad
A man overcomes the odds in the custody case of two of his daughters born before his wife divorced her previous husband.

Who's watching the children
A succession of troubling reports begs the question as the head of the Department of Children and Families apologizes for a Miami girl's case.

Bill may settle tiff over regulator's job
A compromise on the structure of the state's chief financial officer post promises to end a legislative deadlock.

House okays budget; will Senate?
Senate Republicans say they have exactly the 21 votes required to pass a similar spending plan.


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