Gina Castro

Raised by Nuyoricans 🇵🇷 🏳️‍🌈 | Investigative reporter @journalsentinel | @MedillSchool alum | @PulitzerCenter fellow

[Gina Castro @ItsGinaCastro]

@tamiafowlkes @NABJ Congratulations! This is a well deserved award.

[Journal Sentinel @journalsentinel]

Nobody knows if Wisconsin hemp products are safe or legal. So we tested them. https://t.co/W96lafnmEt

[Gina Castro @ItsGinaCastro]

@halfbakdhemp Hello! I’ve tried contacting your media email a few times for comment on a story I’m reporting. I’m unable to send you a DM. Can you respond to my email? [email protected]

[Gina Castro @ItsGinaCastro]

@thesetapartwalk Can you direct message me? I’m a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

[Visit Milwaukee @visitmilwaukee]

Ayyyyyy, the G.O.A.T is back in MKE🐐

[Journal Sentinel Investigations @js_watchdog]

With many people still without a home, officials began the Milwaukee park-and-ride lot closures today, @ItsGinaCastro reports.

https://t.co/PW5Z47pIx6

[Gina Castro @ItsGinaCastro]

@SMGonzalezWI Thanks for helping me connect this debate to Wisconsin’s history!

[Gina Castro @ItsGinaCastro]

You’ve likely seen Racine resident Sophia Madrid’s viral TikTok about being surveilled by T.J. Maxx associates. The company said it’s reviewing the incident. But Madrid says she couldn’t care less for a $500 gift card. She wants an apology.

https://t.co/VUWfSZYnbf

[Gina Castro @ItsGinaCastro]

@ScottieMeyers I must see this irl. Where is it?

[Heather Cherone @HeatherCherone]

never forget 🫡

[Journal Sentinel Investigations @js_watchdog]

'How do you evict homeless people?': Homeless shelter serves vacate notice to encampment. By @ItsGinaCastro:

https://t.co/4cdC4Pagk0

[Gina Castro @ItsGinaCastro]

Guest House of Milwaukee, a men’s shelter, is ordering more than 40 people living in tents to leave its property by 5 pm Oct. 12.

"What are we supposed to do?" Tamar Alboyd, 44, asked. "We're already homeless."

https://t.co/BKtv1jNHHx

[Jessie Opoien @jessieopie]

Here's me in a cheesehead. Please join my @journalsentinel colleague and friend @hopekarnopp + me to talk Wisconsin politics on Sept. 26!

[Kelly Meyerhofer @KellyMeyerhofer]

In early August, I received an unusual email & wasn't initially sure what to do with it.

[Laura N. Rodríguez Presa @LAURA_N_ROD]

Following the La Villita’s archway's designation as an official city landmark, CDOT completed a comprehensive restoration to preserve its character.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city officials celebrate the restoration of a symbol of the Mexican community in Chicago.

[Gina Castro @ItsGinaCastro]

For many Latinas, Alverno College is a symbol of hope. But the college’s recent financial troubles has some students and alum worried its days are numbered.

“Our hope is that they’re going to figure it out.”

https://t.co/udDpxBUP6K

[Journal Sentinel Investigations @js_watchdog]

For the chance to become a citizen, Lazaro Rodriguez worked by day and studied at night at the Voces de la Frontera offices. Now, it's official.

"I want to vote in the federal election, the state elections, in every election," he told @ItsGinaCastro.

https://t.co/usYWGv9Cy6

[Natalie @jbfan911]

Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to take PTO

[Journal Sentinel Investigations @js_watchdog]

Hemp products are legal in Wisconsin. Marijuana isn't. Drug tests can't tell the difference.

By @ashleyokwuosa, @AmyKingsley4 and @zoe_jaeger:

https://t.co/rUQnVmEYtd

[Journal Sentinel Investigations @js_watchdog]

The Smiths say their landlord, Berrada Properties, has ignored their pleas to fix the AC. The thermostat hit 86 F when they emailed Public Investigator reporter @ItsGinaCastro for help.

Here's what she found out about who's responsible for repairs 🔎

https://t.co/cihLdHIJnj