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Minnesota lawmakers have put forth a bill that would enshrine tunes from the state's two biggest musical legends as official state songs. A bill introduced in the state Senate last week would make ...

Having his 1984 hit “Purple Rain” named one of the state songs of Minnesota “would have meant so much” to Prince, his sister Sharon Nelson told a state Senate committee Tuesday. “It was more than just ...

Bills to designate something the official state, whatever, are common diversions during legislative sessions. Once in place, they mostly stay in place, so it is usually smarter to think of some new ...

Now that we have a new state flag, it’s time to turn to music. The state song, “Hail! Minnesota,” written in 1904 by two University of Minnesota students, was an early version of NyQuil. To be fair, ...