Jo Ingles
Jo Ingles is a professional journalist who covers politics and Ohio government for the Ohio Public Radio and Television for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. She reports on issues of importance to Ohioans including education, legislation, politics, and life and death issues such as capital punishment.
After working for more than a decade at WOSU-AM, Jo was hired by the Ohio Public Radio/TV News Bureau in 1999. Her work has been featured on national networks such as National Public Radio, Marketplace, the Great Lakes Radio Consortium and the BBC. She is often a guest on radio talk shows heard on Ohio’s public radio stations. In addition, she’s a regular guest on WOSU-TV’s “Columbus on the Record” and ONN’s “Capitol Square”. Jo also writes for respected publications such as Columbus Monthly and the Reuters News Service.She has won many awards for her work across all of those platforms. She is currently the president of the Ohio Radio and TV Correspondent’s Association, a board member for the Ohio Legislative Correspondent’s Association and a board member for the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters. Jo also works as the Media Adviser for the Ohio Wesleyan University Transcript newspaper and OWU radio.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentRight now, there are no bills under consideration that would require staffing ratios in medical facilities in Ohio.
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The crime survivors say more than two dozen states already have legislation that does that on their books.
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The trial of former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges showed ways in which powers were abused and oversight was absent.
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The Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Choice is one of two groups that wants to put an abortion rights amendment before voters.
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A reporter for NewsNation was arrested for criminal trespassing Wednesday at a news conference in East Palestine, Ohio but the details of it are still unclear.
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DeWine said he wants to see what federal report shows before determining what steps the state can take to prevent another situation like the one that happened this weekend in East Palestine near the Pennsylvania border.
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Republican lawmakers are pushing for tax cuts during the budget process.
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Democrats are outnumbered by nearly a five-to-one margin in the Ohio Senate.
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The agency that oversees sports gambling in Ohio said the parent companies of Bet MGM, Draft Kings and Caesars all violated state law, but others could also face legal action for alleged violations.
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Anne Vogel, the governor's policy director, has experience with DeWine's environmental programs.