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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Sen. Dan Sullivan didn't defend sending the National Guard to U.S. cities. He didn't criticize it either. -
Sen. Dan Sullivan's vote was a surprise. "He's feeling the heat," said the Alaska Democratic Party chair. -
The government's 10% stake in Trilogy Metals is one in a string of deals the Trump administration made to spur domestic resource production for national security. -
“This is about respecting the original stewards of the land who gave this fitting name,” she said. To pass her bill, other Republicans would have to go against Trump's wishes. -
The "double-tap" attack on alleged drug smugglers could be a rare moment when a number of Senate Republicans break with Trump. Murkowski is already there. -
Nullifying the Biden limits means the whole coastal plain of ANWR would be available for potential oil and gas leasing. The Congressional Review Act measure goes next to the president. -
If the campaign is successful, 243 workers at Alpine, Kuparuk and Willow would be represented by the United Steelworkers. -
Most Republicans in Congress are keeping quiet as the Trump administration investigates Democratic members who recorded a video telling servicemembers to refuse illegal orders. -
The draft plan calls for lease sales in Cook Inlet and the Arctic, as well as the Bering Sea and other regions important to the fishing industry. -
Aaron C. Peterson works in the Alaska Department of Law natural resources section. U.S. Senators asked more questions of other nominees at the hearing.
