Jill Burcum

As consolidation looms, the South Dakota-based system’s North Memorial deal sets a strong standard for others that may move into Minnesota.

From Jesse Ventura to Al Franken, famous names have found an unusually receptive electorate in Minnesota. A political scientist dissects the impact on the race between Tafoya and Peggy Flanagan.

Minnesota has much to lose in a prolonged trade war with Canada. Here’s what key candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and the Second Congressional District would do about it.

Gov. Tim Walz’s new executive order does not ban mining in the state. It stops nonferrous mining in one fragile area: the Rainy River Headwaters Watershed, columnist Jill Burcum writes.

Regarding the proposed Allina-Sutter merger, residents want specifics on their hospital’s future ― not talk of synergies and efficiencies, Jill Burcum writes.

Columnist Jill Burcum asked the DFL candidates for their positions on several pressing Minnesota health care issues to provide a more detailed look at how they’d approach the job in the U.S. Senate.

A long-dormant federal law could become the next front in the abortion fight. Sen. Tina Smith saw it coming, columnist Jill Burcum writes.

For years, Minnesota has put public money into a promise: that if we ask farmers politely and offer them a modest financial incentive, they’ll strengthen conservation efforts, columnist Jill Burcum writes. A new audit shows it may not be working.

"My late father-in-law smoked unfiltered Camel cigarettes. Regrettably, I now feel like I do too," columnist Jill Burcum writes.

As the cyclosporiasis outbreak continues to generate headlines, many of us are giving fresh produce the side-eye, columnist Jill Burcum writes.