Judith Ruiz-Branch/Wisconsin News Connection
Judith Ruiz-Branch is an award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience as a reporter/producer for TV, radio, print and podcast news. She's also served as a Spanish spokesperson and led communications, media and public relations team's at various organizations in Chicago. She began her career at WGN-TV in Chicago and went on to work for various news outlets including WBEZ Radio, Crain's Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune and WNIN Tri-State Media among others. Her bilingual reporting with WNIN earned her two Murrow Awards, most recently for innovation in the digital space. Her favorite stories to report on are health, human interest, equity, justice, and immigration.
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The Voting Rights Act historically served to protect minority groups from racial discrimination in voting practices -
Wisconsin saw more severe thunderstorm, tornado and flash flood warnings in the first three weeks of April than in any other month in the last four decades of available data -
A new report found a growing disparity between the Wisconsin public school districts receiving the most and least amount of overall funding -
A new report from the Urban Institute projects that millions of Americans who depend on Medicaid may soon lose their benefits due to changes to eligibility requirements included in President Donald Trump’s most recent budget law -
Engineered materials like cross-laminated and glue-laminated timber, in which layers of wood are glued together, create beams that are tough and somewhat flexible, yet lightweight -
Wisconsin is a part of a growing number of states looking to streamline the college admissions process for both students and parents -
A cryptocurrency scam victim in Wisconsin is speaking out about how her experience motivated her to prevent others from falling prey to similar scams -
Supporters say the law includes safeguards and gives people autonomy and relief from unnecessary suffering. Critics argue that life should always be preserved -
Parents and advocates in Wisconsin and across the country are demanding legislation be passed to ensure social media safeguards for children -
More than half of Wisconsinites, and people across the country, say they're "worse off" now than a few years ago
