
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 Republican and Democratic candidates who won the gubernatorial primary have very different views on the issue of abortion.
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Some advocates for legal abortion view the allocation of funds as a last-minute way for the governor to "pay back" his anti-abortion base.
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Some advocates for lower-income Ohioans are pushing back against a plan to eliminate the state income tax, which has fallen sharply since 2004.
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle unloaded several questions about a bill — that would outlaw abortion in Ohio if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade — during its first House committee hearing.
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A bill that would outlaw abortion in Ohio if or when the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade will be heard by an Ohio House committee on Wednesday.
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Animal rights advocates argued against the rule proposal saying these are painful procedures that should be administered by veterinarians, not breeders, with the use of sedation.
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Former President Donald Trump's endorsement of Ohio's secretary of state came just hours before his rally in Delaware, Ohio Saturday.
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Ohio’s Democratic gubernatorial candidates said criminal justice reform is needed. As part of the Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau’s 2022 Election series, we take a look at the different ideas on how that reform should happen.
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The turnout for early voting in Ohio for the May 3 primary is down 30% compared to the number of absentee ballots cast this time four years ago for the 2018 primary.
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The clock is ticking for the Ohio Legislature to pass an initiated statute to keep the issue from going to the ballot this fall.