Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter

@lruskin

DC correspondent, Alaska Public Media. On BlueSky I’m lizruskin. Newsletter: Alaska At-Large @AKpublicnews News tips: [email protected]

Washington, DC / Anchorage

Joined February 2009

2KFollowing

10KFollowers

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 18

Congress has defunded public broadcasting. @lisamurkowski explores what’s next for Alaska stations. alaskapublic.org/news/politics/…

lruskin's tweet card. The fate of Alaska’s smaller public radio stations is in doubt after Congress passed a bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

235

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 18

Congress has defunded public broadcasting. Murkowski explores what’s next for Alaska stations. alaskapublic.org/news/politics/…

386

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 17

Alaska’s senators split on the clawback bill. Sen. @lisamurkowski had an amendment to spare funds for public media stations. Only one other R voted for it, and it wasn’t @SenDanSullivan . alaskapublic.org/news/politics/…

lruskin's tweet card. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins were the only GOP senators to vote against the bill to claw back funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and foreign aid. It goes next to the House.

484

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter Retweeted

Igor Bobic@igorbobic · Jul 17

Today’s Murkowski Moment™. Asked how she felt about recissions, she said, “Concerned. Apparently, that's what you journalists say, ‘Murkowski is always concerned.’” Reporters: That’s Collins Murkowski: “So what’s my version?” Rs: Frustrated M: “Oh, true. Super frustrated.”

332

4.0K

311

189.0K

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 17

Alaska’s tsunami risk over. Think you evacuated "for nothing"? Not so. You id’d the tsunami zone. You found high ground & safe evacuation routes. You laid down "muscle memory" for how to get up and go. Because in the Pacific Ring of Fire, there'll always be a next time.

694

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter Retweeted

Lisa Desjardins@LisaDNews · Jul 16

The Baldwin amendment to spare public broadcasting FAILED 48-52.

12.0K

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 16

While the U.S. Senate is voting to defund public broadcasting ... my colleagues at rural Alaska public radio stations are scrambling to help coastal residents understand the tsunami danger from a 6.6 mag earthquake that struck minutes ago in Sand Point/Aleutians East.

6.0K

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 16

Alaska senators split vote on first step to passing $9B clawback bill alaskapublic.org/news/2025-07-1…

lruskin's tweet card. The rescission bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and slash foreign aid cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday night.

720

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter Retweeted

Lisa Desjardins@LisaDNews · Jul 15

Also, have confirmed on both sides of the Capitol that the DEADLINE IS FRIDAY. There are rumors going around that perhaps the GOP has some way of getting around the 45-day rule for rescissions. Nope, I'm told by leadership sources familiar.

5.0K

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 15

Senate takes its first procedural vote on the rescissions bill at 8 p.m. Eastern today.

496

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 4

Now it’s Alaskans on the left who feel ⁦@lisamurkowski⁩ betrayed them with her vote for Trump’s bill "She said she understood, that she was going to fight for us,” says an Anchorage caregiver and mom. alaskapublic.org/news/politics/…

lruskin's tweet card. Sen. Murkowski won concessions for Alaskans, but critics say it doesn't make up for the harm the budget reconciliation bill does, at home and in the Lower 48.

2.0K

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 1

Sen. @lisamurkowski voted for the GOP megabill but she says she wants late-stage changes. "While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it," Murkowski said. alaskapublic.org/news/politics/…

lruskin's tweet card. The senator voted yes after overnight negotiations to add more Alaska benefits to the bill. The legislation passed 51-50 and goes next to the House.

341

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 1

"While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it," @lisamurkowski says.

SSen. Lisa Murkowski@lisamurkowski · Jul 1

This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in the Senate. My goal throughout the reconciliation process has been to make a bad bill better for Alaska, and in many ways, we have done that. In addition to extending pro-growth tax cuts, a larger child tax…

1.0K

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jul 1

“Murkowski said she decided to vote for the bill because she felt Republicans made sufficient changes to support rural health care and nutrition assistance. “‘Did I get everything that I wanted? Absolutely not,’” she said, per @nytimes

496

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter Retweeted

Lisa Desjardins@LisaDNews · Jul 1

MURKOWSKI PROVISION OUT: from multiple sources, I am told the parliamentarian ruled against the latest version of the Medicaid fix for Alaska, in past hour or so. Stay tuned.

346

2.0K

161.0K

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jun 28

GOP trying hard to win over @lisamurkowski. New Senate megabill would exempt “individuals in a noncontiguous state” from SNAP work reporting. Also, a tax boon for whalers. politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico via @politico

lruskin's tweet card. A big boost in a deduction for some whalers' expenses would benefit subsistence hunters.

3.0K

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jun 27

BREAKING NEWS:

dderek guy@dieworkwear · Jun 27

Jeff Bezos appears to be wearing the wrong waistcoat for his wedding. This is a dinner suit (aka tuxedo) and thus requires a formal waistcoat, which is cut lower on the body. He's wearing a business vest, which is designed for business suits. Needs a waistcoat like the right.

644

Liz Ruskin-AK public radio reporter@lruskin · Jun 26

Sen. @lisamurkowski pushes back on elimination of public broadcasting funds. In rural Alaska "this is their lifeline. This is where they get the updates on that landslide. This is where they get the updates on the wildfires that are coming their way.” alaskapublic.org/news/politics/…

lruskin's tweet card. The Alaska senator was among a few Republicans on the Appropriations Committee who objected to clawing back money for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

1.0K