Alaska's two U.S. senators see people differently

Alaska’s two U.S. senators both believe that President Donald Trump’s pro-development administration will be good for the state’s natural resource economy, creating jobs, boosting tax revenues and building long-term prosperity.

Both support the president’s initiatives to unlock resources that had been placed off-limits by the administration of Joe Biden and others before him.

And both want the federal government to operate efficiently and reduce spending.

Beyond those shared beliefs, however, the two came across as worlds apart in their annual speeches to the Alaska Legislature last week. Sen....