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Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, a leading Republican critic of President Obama’s health care law, said he now supported a three-year expansion of Medicaid to cover more poor people.

Republican governors like Rick Scott of Florida who say they will defy President Barack Obama and opt out of a planned expansion of Medicaid health coverage for the poor are setting up a fight with the health care providers in their own backyards.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is putting together a 17-member task force to look at the state law that allows someone to defend themselves.

Florida's Tea Party-backed Governor Rick Scott on Wednesday said he was rejecting federal funds to construct a high-speed railway project in the state.

Brace yourself for another round of speculation about whether Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will run as an independent for Senate. A Quinnipiac Poll out this morning shows Crist badly trailing former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio in the GOP primary.

Florida Gov. Crist said he will run for the Senate rather than seek a second term as the battleground state's chief executive.