Orlando gets vote for FAMU law school
Tampa's bid is ranked third by the selection committee. The Board of Regents will make a decision next week.

Bush lays out Medicare plan: analysis
Pullback of HMOs makes Bush's plan more challenging.

Court sides with Swiftmud on water-use regulation
The ruling goes against the counties and cities that fought for six years what they viewed as intrusion into local authority.

Police step up patrols near school after rapes
SANFORD -- Police stepped up patrols around Sanford Middle School on Tuesday after the rapes last week of two students on their way home from school.

Jeb spins W.'s gaffe with a laugh
TALLAHASSEE -- A day after his brother, George W. Bush, got caught on a live microphone calling a New York Times reporter a "major-league a--h---," Florida Gov. Jeb Bush joked that the media are his "brothers" and then hugged a startled 6-foot-3, 215-pound radio reporter.

Bush reassigns official in first agency move
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday reassigned one of the most controversial members of his administration, top business regulator Cynthia Henderson.

Campaign 2000 [complete coverage]
McCollum, Nelson rout rivals
The race to succeed Connie Mack in the U.S. Senate is now officially set, as Republican Bill McCollum and Democrat Bill Nelson effortlessly dispatched their virtually invisible primary opponents Tuesday.

Smith easily defeats Chestnut
TALLAHASSEE -- Gainesville State Attorney Rod Smith easily defeated Rep. Cynthia Chestnut Tuesday night to win the Democratic nomination for a north Central Florida state Senate seat being vacated by Sen. George Kirkpatrick.

Republican veterans lead early returns
In some of the most contested Florida Congressional races, veteran Republican politicians were leading less experienced primary challengers in early returns Tuesday.

Dunn wins primary in landslide
Daniel E. Dunn, a food service director of the Salvation Army in Sarasota, easily defeated opponent Robert Salzberg Tuesday night in the Democratic primary in Congressional District 13.

Sheldon pulls far ahead of opponent
In the contest to become Florida's last elected education commissioner, former Tampa lawmaker George Sheldon appeared to have captured the Democratic nomination Tuesday as he led Rep. James Bush III of Miami by a roughly 3-1 ratio.

Primaries range from routine to bizarre
Sarasota physical therapist Robert Salzberg, who was found innocent by reason of insanity in an attack on a police officer, was badly losing his Congressional primary campaign Tuesday. Instead of Salzberg, Daniel Dunn will take on incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Miller, R-Bradenton.

Enwall beats King to face Thurman
Peter Enwall, a Gainesville lawyer, scored a narrow victory over Cedar Key teacher and author Jim King in the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District seat.