...doesn't give legislators power to amend them. But the House bill, approved 78-52, does just that by trumping the decades-old law. Eleven Democrats joined 67 Republicans in backing the bill. Four Republicans and 48 DFLers voted against it...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Sen. Steve Dille wants to boost Minnesota's struggling rural economy by modifying a decades-old law that prohibits temporary foreign visitors from owning farms. The Dassell Republican is sponsoring a bill that would...