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AEP says the proposed decrease would drop bills by a little more than $1 a month for average customers. AEP is using money it already owes customers from two years ago when consumers overpaid deferred income taxes by $82 million.
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The "Sound of Ideas" assembles another panel of area readers to recommend books from across the spectrum that they think folks should read in 2026.
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Critic at large Eric Deggans says that in 2026, audiences have more power than they realize to determine the future of news and entertainment. -
The video, published online by a Minnesota-based news site, Alpha News, and reposted by the Department of Homeland Security, shows the shooting from the perspective of the officer who fired the shots. -
The district says it's speeding up consolidation plans and cutting staff in response to state and federal government funding cuts. -
State health officials acknowledged the spike in cases had been expected following holiday travel and family gatherings during the school break. -
The childhood vaccines that the CDC is dropping from the recommended scheduled have successfully beat back illness and death in children from rotavirus, hepatitis and other pathogens. -
Minnesota officials launch their own effort to collect evidence in the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent. The move comes after shootings involving federal agents in Minneapolis and Portland, Ore. -
"Operation Buckeye" ran from Dec. 16 - Dec. 21. Meanwhile, hundreds at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday night protested the death of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday. -
The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group. -
U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in December, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday. Measured annually, job gains in 2025 were the slowest since 2020.
