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Minnesota's northerly location in the United States has resulted in its official designation as L'Étoile du Nord ("Star of the North"). There are nineteen official symbols of the US state of Minnesota, as designated by the Minnesota Legislature. [1] The first named symbol is the state's motto, L'Étoile du Nord – French for "Star of the North".
The Ma'sub inscription is a Phoenician-language inscription found at Khirbet Ma'sub (French: Masoub) near Al-Bassa. [1] The inscription is from 222/21 BC. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Written in Phoenician script , [ 3 ] it is also known as KAI 19 .
Minnesota was the fourth state in the U.S. to permit "home rule" in 1896. A home rule charter serves as a constitution for a local government. It allows a community to establish and maintain a municipal corporation to provide for the common health, safety, and welfare. [1] Several early attempts to establish a home rule charter in Minneapolis ...
Health insurance exchanges were established as a part of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to enable individuals to purchase health insurance in state-run marketplaces. [1] In this legislation, states could choose to establish their own health insurance exchanges; if they choose not to do so, the federal government would run ...
The Minnesota Department of Commerce is the governmental agency in the U.S. State of Minnesota responsible for regulating a number of critical businesses that impact the public health and welfare. These include state-licensed or regulated industries such as insurance, real estate, property appraisals, debt collection agencies, financial ...
The first agency created to protect the state's resources was founded in 1931 by the Minnesota Legislature as the Minnesota Department of Conservation. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] When the Department of Conservation was created, it brought together four separate state entities: forestry, game and fish, drainage and waters, and lands and timber, while adding a ...
1B 1234 First number corresponds to congressional district of issue Revalidated for 1957 with gold tabs. MB 1234 Mail-order issues. 1958–59 Embossed blue serial on reflective white plate with border line; "19 MINNESOTA 58" at bottom "10,000 LAKES" centered at top 1B 1234 First number corresponds to congressional district of issue
The Flag of Minnesota. Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ s oʊ t ə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west.