
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 initiated statute faces a challenge in the Republican-dominated legislature.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe state is more than doubling the number of dispensaries where medical marijuana will be available.
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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, said he still thinks the party's U.S. Senate nominee J.D. Vance is the "right person for the job" when asked to respond to comments made by Vance supporting the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory.
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Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, have different views on the subject and what should happen to abortion rights in Ohio.
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Parents who depend on the WIC program are struggling to get enough formula for their infants.
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The ACLU of Ohio's lawsuit is challenging the city of Lebanon’s anti-abortion ordinance.
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Foreclosures are most often auctioned at sheriff's sales with the highest bidder winning the property. Right now, companies can come in and buy multiple properties at one time. This bill changes the process to put Ohioans seeking homes to live in at the front of the line.
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Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, says if Joe Blystone has proof of election anomalies, he should bring them forward.
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Some Democratic women in the Ohio Legislature say a constitutional amendment is needed to prevent Ohio women from losing the right to an abortion and contraception while some Ohioans are considering possibly life-changing decisions.
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Ohioans must like their libraries. Support for libraries proved to be strong in Ohio, based on election day results.