As a librarian, Patrick Jones loves words and likes to play word games. So when he saw a specialized license plate that read “BBQ-007″while driving recently, he smiled and quickly gave it a meaning ...

Minnesota motorists purchased over 470,000 "Blackout" license plates in 2025, per state data, nearly doubling sales from the ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s new blackout license plates had a powerful first year of sales. More than a quarter-million vehicles in the state now have the plates featuring a simple design of white letters ...

Nearly a quarter of a million blackout license plates were sold to Minnesotans last year, by far the most of any specialty license plate offered in the state. A total of 248,918 blackout license ...