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Review the Times' day-by-day coverage of the 2002 Florida Legislature
December 5, 2002
Democrats' leader to ease out
The party's trouncing in the election has led to mounting pressure on the state chairman.
Tuition proposals have many concerned
Many parents wonder if their prepaid college tuition deals will still be honored, while others race to get in should the program is eliminated.
Search for FSU chief down to 5
Former House Speaker T.K. Wetherell is on the short list. The search committee plans to interview all five on Monday and Tuesday.
Corrections boss steps aside
Michael Moore was often under fire, most notably in the 1999 death of an inmate who clashed with prison guards.
2 Tampa lawyers resign to avoid discipline action
Frank T. Johnson and Donald Miller, who both have a disciplinary history with the Florida Bar, resign retroactively.
No planes, no trains, just a kayak
A woman paddles a kayak to her high school reunion -- 1,750 miles.
Unwanted, skinheads shift concert location
DAYTONA BEACH -- A violent white supremacist group has apparently shifted a weekend concert of hate-filled music, Hammerfest 2002, from Daytona Beach to an undisclosed site in Jacksonville.
Around the state
Stomach virus hits 117 on another cruise ship
AARP presses Legislature to act to cut prescription drug costs
TALLAHASSEE -- AARP Florida urged the Legislature on Wednesday to live up to 2002 campaign rhetoric and make sure people have access to affordable prescription drugs.
Cryptic note a bribe offer, official testifies
During a bribery trial, a suspended Escambia commissioner describes a note from W.D. Childers that said, "100,000/100,000."
State seeks right to cut citrus trees
Florida's citrus canker law, which was ruled unconstitutional, allowed workers to cut down trees near an outbreak.
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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