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• New book reflects on Bakken boom's lasting impacts, lessons learned -- Dickinson Press
• Republicans endorse challenger for ND Public Service Commission -- North Dakota Monitor
• Tank failure spills 10K gallons of crude 15 miles southwest of Crosby -- Minot Daily News
• Endorsed PSC candidate calls out current commission for handling of rate hikes -- KFYR-TV
• Greenpeace seeks new trial, claims jury pool biased in Dakota Access Pipeline case -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota Xcel customers to soon see refunds reflecting federal nuclear tax credits -- Minot Daily News
• The North Dakota energy and environment news you might have missed from March -- Bismarck Tribune
• Plain Talk: North Dakota gains $36 million in oil tax revenue for every dollar in oil prices -- InForum
• NDGOP votes to prevent incumbents who didn't show for convention from using NDGOP name -- InForum
• NDGOP move to assert endorsing power just beginning, party members say -- North Dakota Monitor
• NDGOP: Vance wins straw poll for 2028 presidential candidate, Burgum booed -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota to send 60 National Guard members to DC in April to help police city -- North Dakota Monitor
• Construction on the new North Dakota State Hospital building is on budget and on time -- Dickinson Press
• North Dakota Health and Human Services to phase in return to office for remote workers -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota Industrial Commission allocates additional $100M to aid North Dakota farmers -- KX News
• Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library reaches final stages of construction on schedule -- Dickinson Press
• Tickets for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library are now available to the public -- Dickinson Press
• Proposal would reestablish backcountry airstrip in ND Badlands for recreational pilots -- Bismarck Tribune
• Divide County township leaders, community members get updates on road maintenance rates -- The Journal
• Third of three incumbent Williams County Commissioners will run for a new term this year -- KFYR-TV
• North Dakota Game and Fish urges caution near bridge project on Missouri River -- Bowman County Pioneer
• Oliver County landowner raises issue with planned BNI overpass approach -- The Center Republican
• Newly named NDSU president sets goal of growing enrollment to over 15K students -- North Dakota Monitor
• 5 things to know as UND energy research leader Brian Kalk named president of BSC -- Bismarck Tribune
• Ray sets bond vote for new classrooms; old rooms would be replaced, among other upgrades -- The Journal
• North Dakota students participate in national 'conservation through art' program -- Grand Forks Herald
• South Dakota to cover the cost of reduced-price school meals for students -- FoodService Director
• As war in Iran pushes gas prices toward $4/gallon, lawmakers push to suspend federal gas tax -- KX News
• Trump threatens Iran's energy infrastructure in spite of what he called "great progress" in talks -- The Hill
• Oil prices to log record monthly rise following Trump's statement that he wants to take Iran's oil -- Oil Price
• Oil prices at 4 year highs might nudge record US production even higher, but don't expect new boom -- Axios
• Pentagon to accept bids for power purchase agreements to fuel military installations with coal -- E&E News
• US oil heads to Greece for first time in years as refiners seek alternatives to Middle Eastern crude -- Reuters
• API estimates US crude oil inventories rose by staggering 10.2M barrels in week ending March 27 -- Oil Price
• Oil could jump to $200 per barrel and even higher if the Strait of Hormuz remains near-closed -- Oil Price
• Quibbling over metrics: Cramer's ill-advised, unauthorized carbon tax Trojan Horse -- RealClearEnergy
• Alaska Senate pushes for an increase in oil tax revenue, amid war-driven oil boom -- Alaska Public Media
• Burgum-led committee grants oil and gas industries exemption from wildlife protections -- Dickinson Press
• Contrary to what opponents and un-realists want you to think, coal is not yet dead -- RealClearEnergy
• Texas launches $350M nuclear fund to build more generation ahead of data center boom -- E&E News
• Trump says US forces will 'finish the job' soon in first prime-time speech since starting Iran war -- KFYR-TV
• Taxpayer-funded National Academy of Sciences keeps climate chapter alive to sway judges -- Daily Caller
• Politicians who cut solar/wind subsidies saved our grid by incentivizing reliable generation -- Alex Epstein
• After years of legal battles, Rio Grande LNG export terminal gets fed approval to expand -- Just The News