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Fast Facts - Florida

| 1/1/2006
GROWERS
Florida ranks third in the nation for fastest-growing companies, according to Inc. magazine. Among the top 25: Weston-based Bankers Healthcare Group, which provides capital to medical professionals; and Garden of Life, a Palm Beach manufacturer of nutritional supplements.

NO VOTE
The Supreme Court decided not to review Florida's ban on voting rights for felons. Only Maine and Vermont allow felons to vote.

THE SLAMMER
Florida operates the country's fourth-largest prison system, with 85,533 inmates, trailing only the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Texas and California.

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