More from
1990s

• Education

  Bill would require transparency in charter school management

  The measure, submitted by state Sen. Larcenia Bullard, D-Miami, would require the schools to be transparent about who manages them and how much they are paid.

• Dade judge enjoys lavish lifestyle

  A lengthy Miami Herald investigation reveals that Dade Circuit Judge John Galardi Gale -- a judge since 1972, head of the bustling civil division since 1977 -- has doled out lucrative court appointments to friends, issued favorable rulings to select attorneys and declined to remove himself when his impartiality could be questioned. He enjoys a life style well beyond his public salary.

• Florida lawmakers generous to a fault

  Millions in state tax dollars given away, spent unchecked