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 state’s largest farm organization wants what it calls “meaningful” immigration reform rather than aggressive federal detention and deportation efforts -
With a rise in youth mental health issues across Wisconsin, experts are urging parents to make their kids' mental health a top priority for the back-to-school season -
A new study showed most faculty members at Wisconsin universities and across the country have serious concerns about the consequences of holding and expressing political viewpoints -
A former attorney for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says proposed federal cuts would hinder the agency's ability to keep up with key regulations – affecting public safety, in Wisconsin and across the country -
The Wisconsin Policy Forum study showed the state spent less than $15,000 per student in 2023, nearly 10% less than the national average -
Roughly 580,000 Wisconsinites and 63 million Americans provide ongoing care to adults or children with medical conditions or disabilities, a 45% increase since 2015, according to a new report from AARP -
A Wisconsin professor called the new federal tax cut and spending bill a "defining piece of legislation," which ultimately tested Republican lawmakers' loyalty to President Donald Trump -
A Wisconsin nonprofit is working with farmers in Wisconsin to educate communities about the importance of agroforestry, with plans to establish its first urban site in Milwauke -
It's estimated more than 276,000 people in Wisconsin could lose their Medicaid coverage and another 90,000 risk losing their SNAP benefits over the next decade -
An effort to restore Northern pike habitat in Green Bay is also benefiting other wildlife species and raising local awareness about the effects of climate change
