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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The 43-day-long federal government shutdown ended in November, but the issue at the center of it is still unresolved going into 2026. -
Brown, a longtime Democratic U.S. Senator, will face US Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) in November 2026. -
That's an increase of 30 cents an hour for non-tipped employees in Ohio. -
Ohio was required to draw a new congressional map, and how it got approved was a surprise to many. -
Only about three dozen of around a thousand bills introduced in Ohio this year have passed, but there's another year of this two-year legislative session ahead.
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Ohio is one of 11 states that are sharing data through EleXa. -
Applications are being accepted for low-interest revolving loans from rural Ohio communities trying to create affordable housing. -
The digital ads in Ohio will message on where candidates stand on the Affordable Care Act. -
The subsidies are meant to help farmers in Ohio and across the country who have been hurt by weather and trade tariffs. -
The bill could provide options for Jewish and Muslim students in Ohio.
