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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As Washington continues to bombard the public with political rhetoric about the government shutdown, some law experts argue these messages could be breaking a law put in place to prohibit political sway by the executive branch -
Fish population spikes are being observed at Kaari Creek and the Tyler Forks River after major culvert replacement and restoration projects -
Environmental groups and the Bad River Tribe are challenging permits the Wisconsin DNR issued to Enbridge in November for rerouting the pipeline -
Wisconsin’s largest utilities are not keeping up with commitments to reduce fossil fuels, according to the Dirty Truth report from the Sierra Club, which gave both We Energies and WEC Energy Group "F" grades -
Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria -
Wildlife experts call this a magical time of year as monarch butterflies have begun their migration from their northern breeding grounds to Central Mexico for the winter, with recent sightings in Wisconsin -
Wisconsinites continue to speak out about how proposed utility rate hikes over the next two years would personally impact them -
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
