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TALLAHASSEE, Florida
Florida's public university students would benefit overall if they were required to have health insurance, but that would raise the cost of going to school for students who now lack coverage by 5 to 7 percent, legislative analysts said in a report Friday.
Florida is linking its application for $700 million in federal education grant money to the adoption of local merit pay plans, which have been unpopular among teachers in the past although that could be changing.
A former Florida State University president wants the state Supreme Court to set up a panel to study wrongful convictions and recommend ways they can be avoided in the future.
Six winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $34,722.06 each, the Florida Lottery said Friday.
A special election will be held in February to fill the seat being vacated by Florida state Rep. Michael Scionti.
The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $9 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Thursday.
Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio says if he was in Gov. Charlie Crist's shoes, he would have accepted federal stimulus money - but not all of it.
State officials on Thursday restored the civil rights of a former University of Florida football team captain who had a drug conviction and also pardoned a man who was labeled as a sex offender after being targeted in an extortion scheme.
Jim Greer says he's staying put as the chairman of the Florida Republican Party.
Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet have taken back civil rights erroneously restored to 11 former felons.
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