Jo Ingles
Journalist/ProducerContact Jo Ingles at jingles@statehousenews.org.
Jo Ingles covers politics and Ohio government 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 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 WBNS-TV's "Face the State." Jo also writes for respected publications such as Columbus Monthly and 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 Correspondents Association, a board member for the Ohio Legislative Correspondents 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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Some question the political implications of the initiative as abortion continues to be a key issue in Ohio's gubernatorial race. -
The Ohio Department of Health confirms the first death but isn't giving many details about it.
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The Ohio Republican Party fired back, saying there was a lot of crime and poverty in Dayton when Nan Whaley, Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor, was the city’s mayor.
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Forty-seven of the emergency responders who are part of Ohio Task Force One are ready to assist immediately after Hurricane Ian.
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Panic ensued this past Friday when emergency crews responded to eight schools throughout Ohio where there were false reports of active shooters on campuses through an internet practice known as swatting.
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The candidates for U.S. Senate have both agreed to two debates in northeast Ohio for October.
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There's a new bill in the Ohio Legislature that would allow the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to set up a program that would import drugs from Canada then pass those savings along to Ohioans.
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New bill aims to prevent breeders in Ohio from doing painful surgeries on puppies without anesthesiaThe bill would prevent high-volume puppy breeders from removing dewclaws or docking tails without giving puppies anesthesia or pain medication.
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Legal documents show Ohio's abortion ban caused hardship for people seeking abortions and confusion for doctors, but backers of the ban say it's constitutional.
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The Ohio Debate Commission said the Republican candidates refused to participate in debates and the commission elected not to hold "empty chair" debates with the Democratic candidates.
