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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House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) has removed six Republicans from the committees they chaired, after they donated to Republican challengers in March's primary.
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Many businesses, child advocates and parents say there is a childcare crisis in Ohio, but no clear solution on what to do about it.
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The legislation requires road crews that find dead pets hit by cars get them scanned for microchips to notify their owners.
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The case the Ohio docs are watching involves a federal law requiring hospitals and health professionals to provide emergency medical care.
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New documents show FirstEnergy paid $2.5 million in secret to help Gov. Mike DeWine's initial campaign for governor in 2018.
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Democrats won't certify Biden as their official candidate until after Ohio's early August deadline, and no legislation to change that deadline has been proposed.
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Ohio’s governor announced expanding eligibility limits for child care assistance during his State of the State speech, but advocates have pushed for more.
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Aisha's law has passed two previous Ohio House sessions but have yet to make it through the Ohio Senate.
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Election night results from the Ohio Secretary of State's office have been overshadowed by early projections of victories proclaimed by news networks that gather a lot of data on races and voters.
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Ohio children were the focus of DeWine’s State of the State speech, as he talked about mental health, cell phones, guns and seat belts.