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.
-
The women’s recovery center underway at Bridge Street Mission in Wausau is adding a missing piece to the local puzzle, said Craig Vincent, the group’s executive director -
Nearly 30 Wisconsin communities are taking advantage of more than $159 million through state and Biden-era federal initiatives to remove lead pipes and expand access to clean drinking water -
Community pushback against concentrated animal feeding operations continues in Wisconsin -
Tens of thousands of Wisconsinites who have coverage through the Affordable Care Act are being affected by tax credits, which helped them pay for their health insurance but expired last year -
The tribe claims the Corps' permitting approval for Canadian oil company Enbridge’s construction of a 41-mile pipeline relocation project is unlawful -
-
Policy experts predict small, specialty farms will be on the losing end of the latest federal agricultural bailout meant to offset farmers' losses from rising production costs and the market disruptions from new tariff policies -
The state recently announced significant funding cuts for more than 300 school districts across the state, many of which are rural -
Advocates for Wisconsin seniors are speaking out about how federal policies are affecting the pressing issues in their communities – and they're joining arms to work to address them. -
FoodShare funds may have been restored in Wisconsin, but local organizations are speaking out about how program disruptions caused by the historic government shutdown are still preventing some residents from being able to access healthy food
