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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The decision adds to a closure Obama created. It’s not clear Trump can reverse it without an act of Congress. The oil and gas industry is not active in the area. -
On a day of choppy political seas, Begich makes it clear he's not there to make waves for the Republican speaker. -
Mary Peltola is still in office for one more week, though without the trappings. "Politics is about timing and luck," she says. -
Senate dynamics in the next Trump administration will spotlight Murkowski’s willingness to go against the party. -
Rose Burke won an essay contest, so she got to throw the switch to light an 80-foot spruce from Southeast Alaska. -
The measure to repeal ranked choice voting failed by 664 votes. Repeal opponent Scott Kendall is confident the outcome won't change. -
The senator has voted for fewer than 1% of Biden's nominees to the federal bench. He voted for nearly all of Trump's. -
Begich’s win flips a seat from Democrat to Republican, adding to the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House. -
Phil Izon, who led the campaign in support of the ballot measure, said he planned to submit a recount request once the election is certified. -
The law was part of the ranked choice voting initiative voters passed in 2020. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a legal challenge.
