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

September 9, 2002

Boater steers rights group
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[Times photo: Bill Serne]
A dock builder from Naples rides atop a wave of opposition to manatee regulations. When he talks, state officials listen.

Styles define governor's race

Janet Reno's down-home approach goes head to head with Bill McBride's campaign machine.

Fired fundraiser gives Graham campaign fits
Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Bob Graham have had enough. Robin Gibson, general counsel for a Graham committee supporting a constitutional amendment on the November ballot, has asked a California arbitrator to issue a gag order for Robert Kaplan, president of a company Graham hired to raise money for the campaign.

Close election will test Florida
Changes to the state's voting system after the 2000 presidential debacle will be put to the test in Tuesday's primary.

183 DCF workers have criminal past
A Miami Herald report reveals the records, and the DCF says it knew about most of the crimes. Three employees resign.

From AP's Florida news wire
  • Hurricane Jeanne appears on track to hit Florida's east coast
  • Rumor mill working overtime after Florida hurricanes
  • Developments associated with Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne
  • Four killed in Panhandle plane crash were on Ivan charity mission
  • Hurricane Frances caused estimated $4.4 billion in insured damage
  • Disabled want more handicapped-accessible voting machines
  • USF forces administrators to resign over test score changes
  • Man's death at Universal Studios ruled accidental
  • State child welfare workers in Miami fail to do background checks
  • Hurricane Jeanne heads toward southeast U.S. coast
  • Hurricane Jeanne spurs more anxiety for storm-weary Floridians
  • Mistrial declared in case where teen was target of racial "joke"
  • Panhandle utility wants sewer plant moved to higher ground
  • State employee arrested on theft, bribery charges
  • Homestead house fire kills four children, one adult
  • Pierson leader tries to cut off relief to local fern cutters
  • Florida's high court rules Terri's law unconstitutional
  • Jacksonville students punished for putting stripper pole in dorm
  • FEMA handling nearly 600,000 applications for help
  • Man who killed wife, niece, self also killed mother in 1971
  • Producer sues city over lead ball fired by Miami police
  • Tourism suffers across Florida after pummeling by hurricanes
  • Key dates in the life of Terri Schiavo
  • An excerpt from the unanimous ruling in the Schiavo case
  • Four confirmed dead after small plane crash in Panhandle
  • Correction: Disney-Cruise Line story

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