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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Last week, Ohio Senate leaders said they'd use unclaimed funds to establish and maintain a special fund for a new facility in Brook Park for the Cleveland Browns. -
An Ohio law mandating a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion is already on hold by a court ruled it unconstitutional. -
The Ohio Senate has passed its version of the budget and teachers widely opposed major parts of it, just as they did with the House version and the initial budget from Gov. Mike DeWine. -
Former Rep. Kathleen Clyde appears to be the likely candidate to replace outgoing Ohio Democratic Party Chair Liz Walters. -
The bill from Republicans in the Ohio House includes a variety of proposals to limit local property tax increases and provide relief to taxpayers who need assistance. -
Russo has announced she will leaver her position as the top Democrat in the Ohio House in June but will continue to serve as a representative to the end of her term. -
The program provides scholarships to graduating high school students who are in the top of their class as long as they attend a college in Ohio. -
And that's not all. Democrats used PRIDE month to unveil a list of legislative changes they are seeking for LGBTQ+ Ohioans. -
The bill would affect local levels for safety forces, libraries and schools. -
An amendment in the state budget could divert two-thirds of the income convention and visitors bureaus get from lodging taxes to other needs in the county.
