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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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. -
The "She Wins" Act would require Ohio providers to give women seeking abortions information 24 hours before getting the procedure. -
The bill would require abortion providers in Ohio to give patients receiving medication that induces abortions information pro-choice advocates question. -
As Ohio celebrates Women’s History Month, the leader of a leading organization dedicated to women says they need to be concerned. -
Gov. Mike DeWine signed a ban on ranked choice voting in Ohio on Tuesday. -
A handful of Ohio communities were considering instituting ranked choice voting for local elections. -
Many Ohio women cannot access the hormones that doctors say can help relieve menopausal symptoms.
