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The week in Tallahassee (in pictures)

by Michael C. Bender | March 29th, 2009
People line up at a Workforce Plus job fair in Tallahassee on Thursday. The state's unemployment rate rose to 9.4 %, the highest since 1976, after 75,000 Floridians lost their jobs in February. Nearly one in 10 or 874,000 are jobless. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

People line up at a Workforce Plus job fair in Tallahassee on Thursday. The state's unemployment rate rose to 9.4 %, the highest since 1976, after 75,000 Floridians lost their jobs in February. Nearly one in 10 or 874,000 are jobless. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Sen. Ted Deutch, D-Delray Beach, speaks at a news conference about his bill that would increase cigarette taxes by $1 a pack, Thursday, March 26, 2009.  Firefightes from around the state joined Deutch to show their support of the bill. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Sen. Ted Deutch, D-Delray Beach, speaks at a news conference about his bill that would increase cigarette taxes by $1 a pack, Thursday, March 26, 2009. Firefightes from around the state joined Deutch to show their support of the bill. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Gov. Charlie Crist, right, and Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell, left, share a moment during Sheriff's Day at the Florida Capitol on Thursday. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Gov. Charlie Crist, right, and Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell, left, share a moment during Sheriff's Day at the Florida Capitol on Thursday. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, presides over a session of the Florida House of Representatives on Thursday. (AP/Coale)

House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, presides over a session of the Florida House of Representatives on Thursday. (AP/Coale)

Rep. Ron Reagan, R-Bradenton, left, and House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, talk during the chamber's session on Thursday. (AP/Coale)

Rep. Ron Reagan, R-Bradenton, left, and House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, talk during the chamber's session on Thursday. (AP/Coale)

Rep. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, explains her workers compensation bill during a House session on Thursday. (AP/Coale)

Rep. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, explains her workers compensation bill during a House session on Thursday. (AP/Coale)

Rosie McDavid, 17, who has been using tanning beds since she was 14, prepares a tanning bed for a session on Wednesday in Tallahassee.  The Florida Legislature is considering a bill that would restrict tanning bed use by minors. (AP/Coale)

Rosie McDavid, 17, who has been using tanning beds since she was 14, prepares a tanning bed for a session on Wednesday in Tallahassee. The Florida Legislature is considering a bill that would restrict tanning bed use by minors. (AP/Coale)

Kayla Collier, Miss Florida Teen USA, left, along with Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, hold a news conference Wednesday to talk about legislation that would impose new restrictions on minors using tanning beds.  Collier, from Pahokee, was diagnosed with melanoma at the age of 16. (AP/Coale)

Kayla Collier, Miss Florida Teen USA, left, along with Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, hold a news conference Wednesday to talk about legislation that would impose new restrictions on minors using tanning beds. Collier, from Pahokee, was diagnosed with melanoma at the age of 16. (AP/Coale)

Morgan Higman, 18, student from Florida High School in Tallahassee, works on a drawing of Bob Dylan on the sidewalk at the Florida Capitol as part of Arts Day on Wednesday.  The students from Leon County schools were displaying their art to encourage legislators not to cut funding for the arts. (AP/Coale)

Morgan Higman, 18, student from Florida High School in Tallahassee, works on a drawing of Bob Dylan on the sidewalk at the Florida Capitol as part of Arts Day on Wednesday. The students from Leon County schools were displaying their art to encourage legislators not to cut funding for the arts. (AP/Coale)

The two Florida Capitol buildings are reflected in the tuba bell of Sgt. Robert Gutierrez as he plays in the National Guard band during Florida National Guard Day festivities on Tuesday. (AP/Coale)

The two Florida Capitol buildings are reflected in the tuba bell of Sgt. Robert Gutierrez as he plays in the National Guard band during Florida National Guard Day festivities on Tuesday. (AP/Coale)

Rep. Ron Reagan, R-Bradenton, repels down from the fourth floor of the Capitol building during National Guard Day at the Florida Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/Coale)

Rep. Ron Reagan, R-Bradenton, repels down from the fourth floor of the Capitol building during National Guard Day at the Florida Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/Coale)

State Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, left, gets a private word with U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., at a Democratic caucus on Monday at the state Capitol. (AP/Bill Cotterell, Tallahassee Democrat)

State Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, left, gets a private word with U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., at a Democratic caucus on Monday at the state Capitol. (AP/Bill Cotterell, Tallahassee Democrat)

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