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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Former state representative Jay Edwards and Sen. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) are facing off in the Republican primary for Ohio treasurer. -
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to change the way the Medicaid program is managed in Ohio. -
Tick-related illnesses are up from seven times over what they were five years ago in Ohio. -
The race for the Democratic primary is between former Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo and Cincinnati cancer doctor Bryan Hambley. -
Allison Russo is one of two Democrats running for the Ohio Secretary of State's office in the May primary. -
Affordability is shaping up to be a major issue in the campaigns for Ohio governor, with leading candidates sharing their plans. -
Supermajority Republicans in Ohio legislature are not embracing the Democrats' proposals on energy costs, health insurance and child care. -
Some of the three million Ohioans on Medicaid may turn down pay raises or promotions for fear of losing access to benefits. -
Safety officials say it is important for all Ohioans to have a plan for weathering a storm in place before they need it. -
The bill passed the Ohio House mostly along party lines, with all but one Republican for it and Democrats united against it.
