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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Ohio’s newly elected U.S. senator said the president-elect, who endorsed him, has a mandate from voters.
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Ohio voters have rejected a change that would have removed politicians from the process of drawing congressional and legislative districts.
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There are many important races and issues on the ballot in Ohio.
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More than 2.5 million Ohioans have cast ballots ahead of Election Day.
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There's a bill to require homeowners associations to allow political campaign signs in some areas of Ohio.
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The seat held by Ohio's Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is closely watched because it could change the balance of that body.
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A Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge ruled Ohio's six-week ban unconstitutional Thursday, but parts of the law can be appealed.
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The decision on the six-week ban comes nearly a year after Ohio voters approved an amendment guaranteeing abortion rights.
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Opponents of Ohio's Issue 1 say the ballot language is fair and accurate, but backers of the redistricting amendment say the wording is confusing to voters.
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Several groups representing voters have sent a letter to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose about the issue.