Jo Ingles
Jo Ingles is a professional journalist who covers politics and Ohio government for the Ohio Public Radio and Television 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 Ohio Public Radio/TV News 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 ONN’s “Capitol Square”. Jo also writes for respected publications such as Columbus Monthly and the 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 Correspondent’s Association, a board member for the Ohio Legislative Correspondent’s 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 decision on the six-week ban comes nearly a year after Ohio voters approved an amendment guaranteeing abortion rights. -
Gov. Mike DeWine wants voters to reject the issue that seeks to stop gerrymandering that's on the November ballot, and for lawmakers to change Ohio's system of drawing lawmakers' district lines. -
Bernie Moreno won against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Cleveland-area state Sen. Matt Dolan. He will take on Democrat Sherrod Brown in November. -
Half of the 33 Ohio Senate seats are on the ballot Tuesday, and there are some contests that are getting attention. -
Issue 1, which will enshrine abortion rights into the Ohio constitution, passed Tuesday. -
Ohio votes down Issue 1, rejecting conservative lawmakers' attempt to change the constitutional amendment process ahead of a vote on reproductive rights this November. -
Charlie Moses, chairman of the Capitol Square Foundation, says it’s the first time in 66 years that an artist has been commissioned to do a painting for the Statehouse. -
Small, inexpensive tracking devices including Apple AirTags and other GPS trackers can help you find your purse or keys but some criminals are using that technology to track people without their knowledge. -
Lawmakers have until May 10 to pass a bill to create a special August election and pass a resolution for Ohioans to vote on that would make it harder to amend the constitution. -
The addition of the word "noncitizen" on Ohio drivers' licenses and state IDs is not the only change now in effect under a new state law.
