With 'outdated' electric grid, major new rule with Midwest ties could boost renewables

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In Minneapolis, FERC Commissioner Allison Clements promoted a significant new federal rule that could be a part of a needed grid overhaul.
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Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York April 26.

Poll: Majority of voters think Trump got a fair trial, felony conviction is disqualifying

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Republicans and Democrats are starkly divided on the former president's New York hush-money trial and conviction, the latest Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll finds.
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