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FAMU keeps control of engineering school money

The Florida Senate voted Wednesday to restore the financial reins of Florida A&M University's engineering college to the university instead of Read more

Lawmakers reach stem-cell compromise
Republican lawmakers are poised to deliver Gov. Charlie Crist a pittance of the state investment he wanted in limited stem-cell research. See complete story

Election-reform plan revealed
The Senate unveiled its election-reform plan today, a $28 million proposal that would meet Gov. Charlie Crist's demand to get rid of most touch-screen voting in Florida. See complete story

Lowe may lose her seat on FAMU board
The Senate's most prominent supporter of Florida A&M University and one of the Capitol's most powerful lobbyists said Tuesday FAMU Board of Trustees Chairwoman Challis Lowe has virtually no chance of staying on the board. See complete story

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House budget chief: FAMU will keep control of engineering school's dollars Florida A&M University's push to keep financial control of the engineering college it operates with Florida State University has found a powerful ally: the House budget chief. Senate panel OKs bill to aid hospital workers A Senate committee quickly approved a plan Tuesday for raising pensions of workers in state hospitals to the same level correctional officers receive in Florida prisons. Republicans may postpone tax-reform plan until 2008 House Republicans conceded Tuesday they lack the votes to put a sweeping property-tax-reform proposal before voters this year and may punt it until November 2008, a shift that puts them at odds with Gov. House, Senate begin separate budget debates TALLAHASSEE -- Lawmakers are dueling over millions of dollars in special projects despite complaints that sliding sales tax collections spell a tight year. 2007 Legislature roundup WHAT HAPPENED: House Republican leaders Tuesday conceded they don't have the votes to force a special election this year to ask voters to approve a property-tax reduction funded by increased sales taxes. Lake Okeechobee bill gets teeth in amendment TALLAHASSEE -- A House panel moved quietly Wednesday to strengthen an $85 million plan to protect Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers it pollutes. Crist to testify on property insurance crisis TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Charlie Crist trumpets Florida’s property insurance crisis in the nation’s capital today. Stem cell research narrowed in House TALLAHASSEE -- Republican lawmakers are poised to deliver Gov. Charlie Crist a pittance of the investment in stem cell research funding he had wanted. Hospital workers would get high-risk pension TALLAHASSEE -- A Senate committee today unanimously approved a long-sought bill that would increase pension benefits for attendants in state mental hospitals who work with dangerous patients. Crist supports raising bar for pre-K teachers Advocates for tougher standards for pre-kindergarten teachers recruited a powerful ally on Monday.

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