• 'Lithium in the Bakken': Company to conduct field test this summer -- KFYR - TV
• Senate approves tax exemption for wells outside core areas -- North Dakota Monitor
• Judge dismisses Standing Rock's latest lawsuit over DAPL -- North Dakota Monitor
• Bill to help landowners in eminent domain condemnation cases rejected -- KX News
• Energy group selects Alison Ritter to follow Geoff Simon as new executive director -- Minot Daily News
• Iowa Senate advances eminent domain, CO2 pipeline bill with major changes -- Des Moines Register
• Resolution to reinstate lawmakers' ability to propose changes to term limits passes House -- KX News
• ND Senate passes bill on start of term limits; differs from bill passed by House -- Bismarck Tribune
• Cramer sentenced for felony theft, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief charges -- KFYR - TV
• Gov. Jared Polis signs law to promote nuclear energy development in Colorado -- This Week in Energy
• Dry summer looms over the state; drought, wildfires, and crops are big concerns -- Bismarck Tribune
• Feds plan to remove all wild horses from Wyoming's 'checkerboard' starting in July -- WyoFile
• Young North Dakota legislators join Future Caucus to find bipartisan solutions -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota launces new centralized source for demographic, economic and social data -- InForum
• Watford City police shooting leaves one dead, related to domestic disturbance -- Bismarck Tribune
• Minot mayor submits resignation letter following release of report over internal complaint -- KFYR - TV
• US Court of Appeals reverses case between McKenzie County, Interior -- McKenzie County Farmer
• NDDOT engineers lay out intersection alternatives; residents still favor interchange -- Minot Daily News
• Group behind Medora Musical hires new leader at vital time for top destination -- Dickinson Press
• Commission unanimously approves fire emergency, ban restrictions in Mercer County -- Hazen Star
• Meet Dickinson Public School District's Educator of the Year: Danielle Riesgraf -- Dickinson Press
• Glenburn Boosters Club is launching its Panther Playground Equipment Capital Campaign -- KX News
• North Dakota students discuss views on proposed legislation of cell phones in school -- KFYR - TV
• Southwest North Dakota families creating their own options for child care, education -- Dickinson Press
• How would dismantling the Department of Education affect North Dakota schools? -- KFYR - TV
• The rush to produce mini nuclear reactors on the cheap might have a short half-life -- Reuters
• Trump administration terminates grants for clean energy projects as it prioritizes fossil fuels -- AP News
• Dr. Loren Scott explains the state of Louisiana's carbon storage primacy power -- The Crude Life
• States start their own DOGE efforts, ensnaring oil and gas regulators with funding cuts -- E&E News
• Oil and gas proving to be the engines of a new dawn in formerly poor countries -- RealClearEnergy
• Trump put his weight behind boosting coal; trade associations say policies spell trouble -- E&E News
• US Democratic senators urge energy secretary to follow law on clean energy grants, loans -- Reuters
• Tech companies scouring rural America for land, transmission lines, natural gas -- Wall Street Journal
• Retired coal-fired power plant to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers -- KX News
• Oil, gas, refined product imports exempted from President Donald Trump's new tariffs -- KFGO
• Trump administration identified 16 sites on federal land with plans to build AI data centers -- The Hill
