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Florida GOP lawmakers hosting annual ā€˜Mardi Gras’ fundraiser this weekend

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Ever wanted to ask Senate PresidentĀ Joe NegronĀ what he’d do to earn some Mardi Gras beads? Well, you’ll have the chance to do just that if you take part in a ā€œMardi Gras Celebrationā€ at Universal Studios in Orlando where Negron, SpeakerĀ Richard Corcoran, Senate Presidents-to-beĀ Bill GalvanoĀ andĀ Wilton SimpsonĀ and House Speakers-to-beĀ Jose OlivaĀ andĀ Chris SprowlsĀ and other legislative leaders will come together for a fundraiser theĀ weekend before the start of the 2017 Legislative Session. According to an invitation obtained by FloridaPolitics.com, on March 4-5, the Republican…

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Rolling Stone: 4 stars for new DMB album

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Big Whiskey, though, is a lot like a New Orleans funeral parade — mourning and zest balled into big, brawny music. “We’ll be drinking big whiskey while we dance and sing,” Matthews crows in “Why I Am.” “And when my story ends, it’s gonna end with him/Heaven or hell/I’m going down with the GrooGrux King.” I’m betting on heaven — and that Moore will be quietly waiting for him. Saxophonist LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band was a famously…

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