Do designations of official state symbols serve a useful purpose?
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A bill introduced in the Legislature would establish a poem called "Minnesota Blue" as the official state poem. Minnesota already has an official state song, muffin, mushroom, grain, apple, gemstone, butterfly, flower, tree, photograph, bird and more. Today's Question: Do designations of official state symbols serve a useful purpose?
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