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Click for coverage of the 2003 Florida Legislature

March 29, 2003

Lucy Morgan: Driven by Byrd, House may end up in the ditch
The Florida House of Representatives is becoming an island that talks only to itself.

House budget awash in tough choices
The proposal calls for tax cuts and teacher bonuses, while cutting university spending and raising tuition 12.5 percent.

United Way cancellation upsets Sarandon
The charity's scrapping of an event because of her antiwar views will hurt the needy, the actor says.

School Board lobbies lawmakers on funding needs
Three members patrol the hallways of the Capitol, seeking a sympathetic ear in their fight for budget dollars.

Justice: Plan will cripple courts
A House proposal to carry out a 1998 amendment to shift costs would cut funds and undo the drug court system, he says.

Bookkeeper for Catholic paper arrested
The bookkeeper for the Florida Catholic has been arrested on charges of stealing from the weekly newspaper, a spokeswoman for the Catholic Diocese of Orlando said Friday.

Around the state: Classmate's fatal beating to cost teen nine years
BRADENTON -- A judge sentenced a teen to more than nine years in prison Friday for fatally beating a high school classmate.

Miami neighborhood a mess, but survivors of tornado feel blessed
A storm system sweeping the state leaves one dead, more than a dozen hurt.

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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