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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One in four Wisconsinites said they do not get the social and emotional support they need, according to a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee report -
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Kelly Thayer, senior policy advocate with the Environmental Law and Policy Center, said these lands have remained untouched for decades and represent some of America's most pristine wilderness -
They are called "Active Clubs" and present themselves as sporting clubs or fighting clubs focused on brotherhood -
Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs for the foundation, said respondents are concerned changes to government policies might exacerbate their financial challenges -
As Wisconsin wraps the summer with some of the most torrential rainfalls on record, experts say the rise of greenhouse gas emissions from reliance on fossil fuels is worsening climate change events here, and across the country -
Wisconsin advocates for early-childhood education and working families are pushing for Congress to pass a bill that would lower the cost of child care in Wisconsin and across the country -
Under the new federal budget, tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act available to Wisconsin businesses, utilities and school districts are now ending much earlier than intended -
A Wisconsin agricultural nonprofit is sounding the alarm on proposed federal changes to reorganize the United States Department of Agriculture and is urging farmers and advocates to oppose them -
A Wisconsin nonprofit is working to find sustainable and resilient living solutions which are not reliant on technology
