Workers ride a cart in preparation for the opening of the State Fair of Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Dallas. (Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer) One of the Lonestar State’s favorite ...

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The state insect is not the fire ant, but the Monarch butterfly. The state snack is chips and salsa and the state vegetable is the Texas sweet onion. And the state song is “Whiskey River.” (No ...