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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Republican leaders added special provisions to win over Alaska’s senior senator, but some did not pass muster with the Senate rule-keeper. A final Senate vote could come Monday night. -
The Alaska senator was among a few Republicans on the Appropriations Committee who objected to clawing back money for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. -
“We Alaskans would be on the hook for financial damages if we are sued and lose,” said Rep. Andrew Gray, who heard accounts of pepper spray and inhumane treatment. -
Alaska's senior U.S. senator tells of her appointment, the Kavanaugh decision and the two Trump impeachment trials in a political memoir, entitled "Far From Home." -
Conservation groups are alarmed that up to 3 million acres would be sold. But the idea sounds good the mayor of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, within the Tongass National Forest. -
A few thousand anti-Trump protesters demonstrated in downtown Anchorage Saturday. "The only king I want is a king salmon," read a number of signs. -
Hundreds of advocates of are knocking on Congressional doors, asking lawmakers to reject particular aspects of the sprawling reconciliation bill. Alaskans are among them. -
"Our military are to be used to protect us from foreign threats, but not within our own country,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski said. -
Republicans can only afford to lose the votes of three GOP senators. Murkowski doesn’t like major elements of it. But how she’ll ultimately vote is unknown, even to the senator herself. -
The National Weather Service is short-handed in Alaska, the senator said. She asked Commerce Secretary Lutnick to ensure weather observation systems aren't compromised.
