Out of all the stars in the sky, out of all the bones beneath our feet, Minnesota lawmakers chose only the best. Minnesota ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The panel tasked with replacing key state symbols finalized ... and respectfully reflect Minnesota's shared history" and cannot include symbols that "represent only a single ...

America has been struggling with how to deal with the symbols of a past that harmed many people, and Minnesota has not been spared. It’s fair to say that the old state flag reflected the reality ...

Minnesota’s flag, once described as a “cluttered, genocidal mess,” featured the state seal — a white ... take much to stir people up about the symbols that represent them.

“And half of Minnesota's flag distinctly features the shape of the state, which is a significant difference.” The new flag draws upon unique symbols specific to state to unite and represent ...

Official state symbols date to the late 1800s ... the Star of Bethlehem and has become synonymous with Christmas. Minnesota might adopt a whole constellation, with legislation pending that ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa’s neighbors to the north have a host of official state symbols. Fittingly, Wisconsin’s ...

What do Pennsylvania, Illinois, Nebraska, Mississippi, Michigan, Utah, Minnesota, Maine, South Carolina and Massachusetts — states that ... [we hold] with the symbols on the flag, we’re ...