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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.

Ohio's Libraries Weathered The Storm And Are Now Helping With Relief Efforts

By • Jun 7, 2019

When storms ravaged parts of Ohio during Memorial Day weekend, several libraries were forced to close their doors for a short time. Those facilities are back in operation. And many libraries are serving in relief efforts now.

Gov. DeWine Calls For Criminal Warrant System Overhaul

By • Jun 1, 2019

Gov. Mike DeWine's task force that has been studying the state's system for tracking arrest warrants is out with its recommendations. And a request for a new system is at the top of the list.

Gov. DeWine Asks Federal Government For Help For Tornado Victims

By • May 30, 2019

Gov. Mike DeWine is requesting help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for ten counties that suffered damage from the tornadoes that ripped through Ohio earlier this week. 

Court Settlement Grants Fathers Same Parental Leave Rights As Mothers

By • May 30, 2019

A total of $5 million dollars will be paid to male employees at JP Morgan Chase who were denied the same parental leave policies as female employees if a federal court approves a class action lawsuit settlement filed today in a federal court in Ohio. 

Ohio Remembers Those Who Gave Their Lives In The Line Of Duty - A Memorial Day Montage

By • May 27, 2019

This year’s Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse was Gov. Mike DeWine’s first as Governor.

Ohioans Protest Abortion Bans At Statehouse, Part Of National Effort

By • May 21, 2019

Supporters of legal abortion rallied in state capitals throughout the nation earlier today. And some of them protested at the Ohio Statehouse.

DeWine Calls On Lifting Statute Of Limitations For Rape

By • May 20, 2019

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed an executive order, establishing a group to look into how the state medical board handled allegations of sexual abuse by former Ohio State University Dr. Richard Strauss. 

ACLU Sues Over Ohio's "Heartbeat Bill" Six-Week Abortion Ban

By • May 15, 2019

More than a month after Gov. Mike DeWine signed one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country, a lawsuit has been filed in federal court to stop it from taking effect in July. It bans abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

Bill Would Require Doctors To Provide Information About Controversial Abortion Pill Reversal

By • May 14, 2019

A new bill at the Ohio Statehouse would require doctors to provide information to women receiving a medication abortion on how they could reverse the procedure. 

New Ohio Bill Would Crack Down On Gun Owners When Their Weapons Get Into The Hands Of Kids

By • May 13, 2019

Some Democrats in the Ohio Legislature say more needs to be done to keep guns out of the hands of children. 

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