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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In March, the Trump administration cut funding for the Wisconsin Local Food Purchase Assistance Program -
Through its Wisconsin Women in Conservation program, the Michael Fields Agriculture Institute is showing how reintroducing native plant species, among other practices, can reestablish endangered habitats supporting an entire ecosystem -
Eight Wisconsin cities, including four rural communities, will receive improvements to help make their communities more livable -
At least eight miles of a Southwest-Wisconsin stream were polluted by a manure spill earlier this month -
A national report found Wisconsin continues to lead the nation in racial disparities affecting children's well-being across the state -
A new study highlights the high price of incarceration, and says the annual total cost to families of Americans behind bars is nearly $350 billion -
Perinatal experts said postpartum depression is more common than most people think and those covered by Medicaid are at higher risk -
A group of Pierce County residents is awaiting a response to a petition for a contested case hearing for the expansion of Ridge Breeze Dairy to grow four times its size -
As Women's Health Month comes to an end, public health officials are urging Wisconsin women to be aware of the increased risks they face from any amount of alcohol consumption -
The report from the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health showed the numbers have increased dramatically over the past 10 years
