Republican Representative Randy Fine’s plan to take the number of public universities from 12-to-10 has cleared a key House committee over the objections of Florida Poly and New College supporters as well as most Democrats. Lynn Hatter reports the plan has been changed to merge the schools into the University of Florida. As the old late-session saying goes, “bills are dying.” That’s the case with an alimony reform bill, sent to the House floor today. Ryan Dailey reports its Senate sponsor is