We like it when the respected people and organizations among us, "tell it like it is".  Below (Left), is what the Alliance's Ak Headlamp said yesterday about Alaska's fiscal crisis and how leaders are dealing with it.  -dh Lynn Helms, Director, N.D. Department of Mineral Resources. NGP File Photo.   Billings Gazette.   North Dakota oil production had a smaller decline than expected in February as more companies put fracking crews to work to maintain cash flow, the state’s top oil regulator said.     ...     Director [...]