The North Star Flag is simple, easy to recognize from a ... The yellow color stands for Minnesota’s natural wealth, blue for lakes and rivers, green for our farmland and forests, and white ...

"The new flag and seal reflect all Minnesotans and showcase the features of our state that we can all recognize – the water, the land, the North Star, and of course - the loon," Minnesota ...

There certainly will be more urgent items for lawmakers to take up when the Minnesota Legislature convenes Jan. 4. But if a goal in lawmaking is to make things simpler, legislators would do well ...