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Click for coverage of the 2003 Florida Legislature

April 22, 2003

Group tries to thwart gambling measure
A mail campaign targets a Senate plan to let parimutuel facilities have slot machines.

Around the state: Hope fading for seven pilot whales
BIG PINE KEY -- Seven surviving pilot whales that stranded themselves last week remained critically ill Monday and rescuers were losing hope that they can be saved.

Trimmed list of polluted waters may provoke suit
TAMPA -- The Sierra Club and Florida environmental groups threatened Monday to sue the federal government unless it rejects the state's list of polluted waterways, which they say is incomplete.

Bush supports Panhandle airport
At an economic forum, the governor says a new airport to fuel development, doesn't conflict with his lower taxes, less government philosophy.

Life line for the Medically Needy
The state launches an effort to find private care alternatives for patients facing the loss of Medically Needy funding.

Legislature: Panel: Let voters reconsider train
Today is the 50th day of the 60-day session.

Legislature: Bid to rein in insurance costs unravels
A Senate panel supports the state's chief financial officer, but a House panel sides with the insurance industry.

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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