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STATE WIDE NEWSSnook fishing ban extended another year(AP) -- State wildlife regulators Thursday extended a ban on snook fishing along the state's Gulf coast for another year, hoping that will give the species enough time to rebound from last winter's cold snap that killed thousands of the fish. Read More Chiles, Sink pledge cooperation in raceAs an independent candidate for governor, Lawton ``Bud'' Chiles railed against the corrupting influence of special interest cash.<p/> Out of the race, he's supporting an establishment figure: Democrat Alex Sink. Read More Democratic donor seeks ethics investigation of GOP candidateA Democratic donor from Miami has filed a complaint against state Rep. David Rivera, asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether the Republican congressional candidate violated campaign finance laws by ``coordinating'' attacks on Democrat opponent Joe Garcia with a political committee intended to remain independent. Read More Florida to get millions to devise new testsFlorida is part of a consortium of 26 states that will receive a total of $170 million in federal funding to help develop new tests to assess students' mathematics and language arts skills, the U.S. secretary of education announced Thursday. Read More Bud Chiles out of Florida governor's race, will back Alex SinkSaying he simply didn't have enough money to run a viable campaign, Lawton ``Bud'' Chiles abandoned his longshot independent bid for governor Wednesday and said he plans to endorse Democrat Alex Sink. Read More |
