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 ...

A bill introduced in the state Senate last week would make Prince's "Purple Rain" and Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" Minnesota's official state songs.

Hail! Minnesota became the state song in 1945. The only problem is, the designation never became official. A new bill would ...

Prince's “Purple Rain” and Bob Dylan's “Girl From the North Country” would join “Hail, Minnesota” as official songs.

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 ...