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 ...

Should Minnesota have a new official state song? Or maybe two of them? A group of five bipartisan state senators have introduced a bill that would make both Prince's "Purple Rain" and Bob Dylan's ...

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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 ...

The Minnesota State Senate is considering a bill to establish additional state songs. A bipartisan group of state senators introduced the bill to include “Purple Rain”, composed by Prince and the ...

Readers Write: Minnesota state song, public health, social security Neither “Purple Rain” nor “Girl from the North Country” even mention Minnesota by name — I have a better idea for a new state song.