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

January 24, 2003

Speaker blunts Murman's role on powerful House committee
Tampa Rep. Sandra Murman will now be only co-chair of the powerful Rules Committee after a split with party leaders.

Graham needs heart surgery
The senator now won't decide until mid March whether to enter the race for the presidential nomination.

Bush turns to carrot, stick
The governor wants to reward schools trying to cut class size, punish those that don't.

Brogan promises 'incredible commitment'
He'll earn a doctorate, the lieutenant governor tells a panel interviewing FAU presidency finalists.

Around the state: Death row inmate wins new trial in Polk case
TALLAHASSEE -- A death row inmate condemned for the murder of a man in a Polk County citrus grove deserves a new trial, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday, reversing his sentence and conviction.

Manatees' status still unsettled
A state panel puts off deciding whether they remain endangered.

State Senate's last WWII vet is dead at 74
TALLAHASSEE -- State Sen. Howard Futch, a Brevard County Republican who was the last World War II veteran serving in the state Capitol, died Thursday after an apparent heart attack.

Doctors: Bid for president possible
During his press conference Thursday, Sen. Bob Graham called himself a 66-year-old "fire horse, ready to get in the harness" of a presidential campaign.

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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