Liz Ruskin
Washington, D.C., CorrespondentLiz Ruskin is the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Alaska Public Media. She covers the state’s congressional delegation, public lands and resource development policy from the nation’s capital, and also from Anchorage. She has worked at Alaska Public Media since 2013.
She previously worked at the Anchorage Daily News and started her career at the Homer News. She’s a graduate of West Anchorage High School and the University of Washington. She has a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri.
In addition to her news stories, Liz writes a fortnightly newsletter called Alaska At-Large.
Outside of work, Liz is an avid baker of bread. She likes to hike and ski, explore historical sites around D.C. and tend her little house in Anchorage.
Reach Liz at lruskin@alaskapublic.org.
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Senate dynamics in the next Trump administration will spotlight Murkowski’s willingness to go against the party. -
Rose Burke won an essay contest, so she got to throw the switch to light an 80-foot spruce from Southeast Alaska. -
The measure to repeal ranked choice voting failed by 664 votes. Repeal opponent Scott Kendall is confident the outcome won't change. -
The senator has voted for fewer than 1% of Biden's nominees to the federal bench. He voted for nearly all of Trump's. -
Begich’s win flips a seat from Democrat to Republican, adding to the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House. -
The law was part of the ranked choice voting initiative voters passed in 2020. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a legal challenge. -
A spotlight will be on Lisa Murkowski as a GOP senator who could block Trump's agenda. The Gaetz nomination offers a preview. -
They say they’re hopeful the Trump administration and a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate will create more opportunity for oil drilling and other development on Alaska’s federal lands. -
More than 100,000 Alaskans had already voted by early Monday. That includes early in-person voters, who have exceeded the record the state set four years ago. -
Candidates Mary Peltola and Nick Begich have raised more than $13 million, yet other groups have raised far more to influence the outcome.
