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Review the Times' day-by-day coverage of the 2002 Florida Legislature
February 19, 2003
On the right, a Republican; some call him a liberal
TALLAHASSEE -- Republican Mike Haridopolos is considered one of the most conservative members of the Florida House, but in his race for a state Senate seat he is being painted as a big-spending liberal.
State needs 20,000 teachers
A population boom. The class size amendment. Education officials say they've done the math, and it adds up to more teachers.
State paid too much for mine, audit shows
Since only 60 of the 300 acres can be mined, Florida overpaid by $7.8-million, the Auditor General's Office says.
Tutu credits U.S. civil rights history
TALLAHASSEE -- The evening was planned as a salute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu. But when the Nobel laureate addressed the Florida conference of black state legislators Tuesday night, he was the one expressing gratitude.
House Republicans rally around their embattled speaker
TALLAHASSEE -- House Republicans are rallying around Speaker Johnnie Byrd, whose increased spending on public relations has prompted widespread criticism.
Senate president lists teacher pay as priority
Jim King says keeping good teachers is the key to attracting new businesses.
Cuban coast guardsmen who defected released
MIAMI -- Four Cuban coast guardsmen who arrived in Key West under the cover of darkness earlier this month have passed initial U.S. law enforcement scrutiny and are now free to pursue new lives in the United States.
Around the state: New Catholic college to offer courses in fall
NAPLES -- The fledgling Ave Maria College has gotten state permission to recruit students, grant course credits and advertise classes at an interim site this fall while its 750-acre campus is being built in rural Collier County.
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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