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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Eleven companies bought oil and gas leases on 1.3 million acres of the NPR-A, including tracts around Teshekpuk Lake, a previously protected area. -
The voter credentials bill got 51 votes to advance but not enough to clear the Senate. Sen. Murkowski says she's for voter ID but says the bill would disenfranchise Alaskans. -
President Trump said this week that his top priority for Congress is to pass a bill called the SAVE America Act. It would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. -
There's "no question" the president should've asked Congress first, she said, but ending combat now doesn't help. -
No bids in the first of six mandated oil and gas lease sales in the federal waters of Cook Inlet. -
Senate Democrats cite muddled goals. Sullivan tells them to “wake up” to Tehran’s hostilities. -
He spoke of a limited role for the U.S. in regime change: "It's something that we can shape, but that's going to be ultimately up to the Iranian people.” -
Crews are clearing the massive Doyon 26 drilling rig from the North Slope. Concern remains for the spilled diesel and hydraulic fluid. The rig toppled last month. -
Wellness influencer Casey Means told senators she's not anti-vaccine. Sen. Murkowski confronted her with past statements casting doubt on their use. -
A repeal measure will appear on the ballot this year. What it says, exactly, is in dispute.
