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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Artificial intelligence is making scams harder to detect and Wisconsin advocates are warning the financial toll is mounting, especially for older Wisconsinites -
Affordability is top of mind for Wisconsin voters as they head to the polls next month, especially when it comes to childcare costs -
Wisconsin union members, farmers and other workers are taking their trade concerns to the streets as global officials meet in the Badger State this week -
Wisconsin residents ages 45-64 made up the largest percentage of voters in 2024, followed by those older than 65 -
Tribal and environmental leaders are calling on Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers to declare a disaster and hold Enbridge accountable -
Survey found more than 40% of educators work a second job, while many spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on classroom supplies -
Findings from the Brookings Institution and the American Indian College Fund showed federal support for tribal campuses has fallen more than 7% over the past decade -
Clean energy advocates worry the state’s utility business model could steer the need for more power toward expensive fossil fuel-based sources -
More than a dozen doctors and nurses from Wisconsin’s largest health organizations want the state’s next governor to prioritize climate change as a public health emergency -
A proposed constitutional amendment on midterm ballots seeks to ban preferential treatment in government programs and institutions.
