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...

...Animal Health, under legislation intended to help stop the spread of chronic wasting disease. Introduced by Sen. Steve Dille and Rep. Howard Swenson, the bill requires deer and elk farmers to participate in a CWD surveillance program and also...

...cases. In exchange, they would get a $50 break on the cost of their marriage license -- from $70 to $20. Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, said the saved money could go toward premarital counseling, which usually costs about $100. Spouses...

...Xcel would be held to a goal to generate an additional 10 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2015. Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, summed up the views of bill supporters, saying: "We're lucky in this state that we've got two...

...whether the rules are proper, but lawmakers have said they want to leave some room to make changes. Sams and Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, want some of the rules to change this year, but not all of them. The bill they are sponsoring gives...

...cafeteria on special occasions. Noting the emphasis this year on drunken driving and other alcohol control measures, Sen. Steve Dille questioned why lawmakers would allow alcohol in the Capitol. "Now we're going to start to drink in the basement...

...We have a big bulge of baby boomers that are going to be fishing night and day in five or 10 years," said Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel. He said now was the time to boost funding for the resources to make sure they will be around in the future...

...It's just another indication that Governor Ventura is not interested in supporting agriculture,'' said Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, who sponsored the feedlot bill. Dille said he was ''mystified'' because Ventura told him earlier...

...Gov. Ventura came in and said the only thing he didn't like was a new high school for Caledonia,'' said Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, who sat on the conference committee. ''There were about 30 Caledonians outside the door.'' The...

...cuts aid to counties and cities, drew only 19 Republican votes when offered as an amendment. And one GOP senator, Steve Dille of Dassel, said he was open to a compromise that would impose an income tax surcharge and enact the higher cigarette...