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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Democrats tried to whip up debate over drilling in the Arctic Refuge. Republicans sat silently and voted down all the amendments seeking to gut energy provisions in the reconciliation bill. -
The House GOP's "one big, beautiful bill" encourages oil and gas development in ANWR and other federal lands. It also forbids environmental lawsuits. -
People born in American Samoa aren't citizens. An advocacy group says Whittier residents charged with illegal voting should challenge that on constitutional grounds. -
It’s difficult to quantify how Trump has changed Alaska in the first 100 days of his term. But here’s what we know. -
Diminishing the workforce is central to the Trump agenda and among the big impacts in the first 100 days of his term. It’ll be months before we see how many jobs Alaska lost. -
Caregivers rally in Anchorage against a pending Medicaid cut. It’s part of a week of demonstrations at congressional offices targeting specific areas of the Trump agenda. -
Sen. Murkowski says Alaskans she meets at airports tell her they worry the import taxes will drive up the cost of groceries and other purchases. -
Sen. Murkowski urged nonprofit leaders in Anchorage not to let "the fatigue of the chaos" grind them down. -
If Japan, Korea or Taiwan would invest in the Alaska LNG project and buy the gas, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it could help level its trade imbalance with the U.S. -
The defendants are non-citizens born in American Samoa, the charges say. Some told investigators they thought they were allowed to vote in local elections.
