The Minnesota Lynx beat the Phoenix Mercury 101-88 Wednesday night, finishing a two-game sweep in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. Olympian and all-star Napheesa Collier scored 42 game-high points, tying a league playoff record. 

And the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission takes up the state's 100-percent clean energy law at a hearing Thursday afternoon in St Paul.

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Napheesa Collier scores 42 to tie a WNBA playoff record for points, and the Lynx swept the Mercury

What's carbon-free? Utility regulators to decide what qualifies under state's clean energy law

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