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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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. -
“I haven't been happy with, you know, anything that's happened over the last 76 days,” said one protester. Others called on Sen. Sullivan and Rep. Begich to "stand up." -
Sometimes senators want to hear a nominee's thoughts. Sen. Dan Sullivan tends to supply the responses he wants. “Wrong answer,” he told one of Trump’s picks. -
Judge Sharon Gleason just did what Sen. Sullivan says she never does: decided a case against environmental groups. Still, he says he's determined the next judge won't be like her. -
Alaska Public Media President Ed Ulman testified about the value of local content and the elevation of Alaska stories in the national networks. -
The Alaska senator voted with the GOP on spending last week but in other ways showed she's still willing to defy her party and Trump.
