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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Advocates for public health say Ohioans who depend on subsidies to buy health care on the open marketplace could soon see their out of pocket cost skyrocket without the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. -
The state stands to gain millions of dollars in taxes if the winner lives in Ohio. -
Some salaried workers at the Delphi lost their pensions when the auto parts manufacturer, which was part of General Motors, went bankrupt in 2009. -
Intel officials, who want to build a massive chip processing facility in Central Ohio, said passage of that federal bill is crucial for them. -
Cities are fighting Ohio's abortion ban with legislation and prioritization for prosecution -
Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio State researchers say the new law, which bans abortions at the point fetal cardiac activity is detected — around six weeks into a pregnancy — prevents about 89% of women seeking abortions from being able to get one. -
The law, known as the "conscience clause," was recently passed as part of the current two-year state budget. -
The Ohio Democratic Party is the latest group to blast Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, over the comments he made about a story involving a 10-year-old pregnant girl who had been raped and went to Indiana to get an abortion. -
The story about the 10-year-old Columbus rape survivor who traveled to Indiana for an abortion days after Ohio’s new abortion ban went into effect is raising questions. -
Politicians who support abortion rights pointed to the case of a 10-year-old pregnant girl who was raped as an example that abortion bans are too extreme, while Republicans blamed the media and abortion rights advocates for fabricating a story that turned out to be true.
