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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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. -
The pastors say it will lead to dangerous outcomes. -
The rural schools say current funding levels aren't sufficient and will require them to make cuts. -
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine outlined the recommendations at the Ohio Department of Public Safety Monday morning. -
The state has a commission that can handle complaints. -
Leaders of Ohio's largest public school disricts are calling it an overreach. -
The Ohio Republican Party recently endorsed tech businessman and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in his bid for governor in 2026. -
The Lead Line Replacement Act would require every publicly owned water system in Ohio to replace lead pipes over the next 15 years. It's similar to one introduced in the last General Assembly. -
The priorities include more money for public schools and less for vouchers for private schools. -
A bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in schools is in the Ohio Senate. A companion piece of legislation has been introduced in the Ohio House.
