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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U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan doesn't often face challenging questions in public settings, but Democratic legislators had a few things on their minds. -
The mom had a legal authorization to work as she sought asylum, her husband says. -
DeWitt is running as an independent. She is the 17th person to announce a campaign for Alaska's top executive office. -
U.S. Rep. Nick Begich co-sponsored the SAVE Act, though it makes proving citizenship a little harder than he thought. -
President Trump ruled out taking Greenland by force, but what if he changes his mind? Murkowski says Congress would stop him, even if her GOP colleagues won't say so now. -
Michael Silka is buried in a place of honor, despite killing nine Alaskans, including a state trooper. A similar Texas case has raised hopes that Silka might be disinterred. -
Aaron C. Peterson of Anchorage, an attorney at the Department of Law, will be Alaska's next federal District Court judge. The court still has one vacant spot. -
Sen. Dan Sullivan raised $7.5 million last year. Is it enough to withstand challenger Mary Peltola’s “money bomb”? -
Both Alaska U.S. senators helped pass a bill to fund much of the government. Now it's the House's turn. The funding lapse could last as little as one weekday. -
“We don't want …. any civilians having the tragic deaths that we saw” in Minneapolis, Sen. Dan Sullivan told reporters.
