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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She was the only Republican to vote no on Trump’s nominee to be undersecretary of the Navy. -
Months after losing federal money, the Interior Department steps forward with a one-year reprieve. Meanwhile, stations like KUCB in Unalaska are basking in love from afar. -
By letting funding lapse, Congress is giving President Trump free rein, Sen. Murkowski says. Both Alaska senators voted for a stop-gap spending bill but the measure failed. -
The White House is threatening mass terminations, but in other ways this potential shutdown is shaping up like all the others. -
Sen. Murkowski sees Brendan Carr's threat as part of a pattern in the Trump administration. "This is more than concerning," she says. -
Some Alaskans would have to pay half their income to keep health insurance without enhanced tax credits. Sen. Murkowski calls it a "looming crisis." -
Both parties' stop-gap spending bills failed. Sen. Murkowski says there’s still time to negotiate a solution to avoid a government shutdown. -
Trust in public health is at stake, Murkowski said. She broke with other Republicans at a hearing featuring the fired CDC director. -
Republicans focused on Alaska's exportable oil and LNG. Democrats homed in on a small Alaska village whose energy solutions hit Trump administration roadblocks. -
Wind and solar can be faster and cheaper options in small Alaska Native communities. President Trump wants the Office of Indian Energy to quit funding them.
