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April 25, 2003

Stung by ad blitz, lawmakers fire back
A college student group used radio ads, phone calls and Web site to criticize House budget cuts.

Around the state
Butterworth named law school dean at St. Thomas University
MIAMI - Former Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth has been named dean of St. Thomas University Law School.

Legislature
Budget discord may endanger major bills
Spending offers swing back and forth between the House and Senate, but accord eludes the day.
Glades bill heads for Senate showdown
Both sides in the fight to delay the Everglades cleanup claim the other guys are dead wrong. A Senate vote is scheduled today.
Malpractice reform takes back seat to budget
Senators pass three bills, but budget work might slow accord with the House.
Senate votes for making condo sprinklers optional
Today is the 53rd day of the 60-day session.
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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