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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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. -
Tribes from the Bering Sea isle say they’re living — and dying— with the toxic legacy of Cold War military installations. A U.N. special rapporteur is considering their case. -
Some dismissal letters cited poor performance by a probationary employee. That may add insult to injury but, by itself, wouldn’t disqualify a claim, a state official said. -
Experts say Medicaid cuts would drive more Alaskans to emergency care, increase healthcare costs for all, and could harm the state economy. -
Sen. Murkowski says some GOP senators praised her statement, even if they're quiet in public about President Trump's alignment with the Kremlin on Ukraine. -
The ex-Alaska congresswoman and her former chief of staff are working at Holland & Hart, a law firm and lobbying practice with offices in Anchorage and D.C. -
In Juneau and D.C., legislators try to keep federal chaos at bay, one phone call and story at a time.
