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 Michael Fields Agricultural Institute launched its Women in Conservation program to provide a space for women landowners to collaborate and get support for conservation goals -
Advocates for seniors in Wisconsin are calling on lawmakers to address a projected Social Security funding shortfall that could affect 1.3 million Wisconsinites -
Wisconsin counties are preparing for local impacts from federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known in the state as FoodShare -
As union groups in Wisconsin get more involved in clean-energy projects across the state, leaders see opportunity for additional growth in a complex landscape for electricity demand -
Leaders working to improve the well-being of children in Wisconsin are calling on lawmakers to address disparities affecting Black families -
Wisconsin parents are traveling to Capitol Hill this week to urge Congress to prioritize affordable childcare as families face rising costs and cuts to programs for babies and toddlers -
Immigration advocates are calling for changes they said could prevent family separations like one that uprooted a Wisconsin family -
Public-education advocates are calling on Wisconsin schools to place stronger limits on screens and artificial intelligence -
The Senior Empowerment Project is hosting summits across Wisconsin to learn more about the biggest worries facing older residents -
Working families and retirees in Wisconsin say they are struggling to absorb rising costs for health care, groceries and gas
