Karen Kasler
Karen is a lifelong Ohioan who has served as news director at WCBE-FM, assignment editor/overnight anchor at WBNS-TV, and afternoon drive anchor/assignment editor in WTAM-AM in Cleveland. In addition to her daily reporting for Ohio’s public radio stations, she’s reported for NPR, the BBC, ABC Radio News and other news outlets. She hosts and produces the Statehouse News Bureau’s weekly TV show “The State of Ohio”, which airs on PBS stations statewide. She’s also a frequent guest on WOSU TV’s “Columbus on the Record”, a regular panelist on “The Sound of Ideas” on ideastream in Cleveland, appeared on the inaugural edition of “Face the State” on WBNS-TV and occasionally reports for “PBS Newshour”. She’s often called to moderate debates, including the Columbus Metropolitan Club’s Issue 3/legal marijuana debate and its pre-primary mayoral debate, and the City Club of Cleveland’s US Senate debate in 2012.
Karen is a graduate of Otterbein College, and earned her Master’s as a Fellow in the Kiplinger Program for Mid-Career Journalists at The Ohio State University. Karen has been honored by the Associated Press, the Association of Capitol Editors and Reporters, the Cleveland Press Club/Society of Professional Journalists, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/Ohio Valley Emmys, and holds a National Headliner Award.
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The special election on the resolution to make it harder to amend Ohio constitution will be Aug. 8, but it’s possible it will face a legal challenge. -
The group of survivors and parents say Ohio needs to do more to prosecute those who rape and sexually abuse children, and to protect kids from becoming victims. -
In the race for Ohio Treasurer, Robert Sprague, Republican incumbent running for re-election, and Scott Schertzer, Democratic candidate, lay out their plans for what they would do in office. -
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is hoping for a vote by the end of the year on the bill, which is supported by all Democrats but only a handful of Republicans in the Senate. -
The ruling reverses an original decision Terpsehore "Tore" Maras had challenged that dismissed signatures from her petitions, which previously made her ineligible for the November ballot. -
Ohio's state auditor announced a special audit of the State Teachers Retirement System after months of outrage from retired teachers. -
The 19-member board will consider a resolution from one of its members that would reject new federal guidelines ordering investigation of claims of anti-LGBTQ bias or risk losing funding for food programs. -
The law, which also dramatically lowers the training requirements and puts money into the state's school safety center, was opposed by education and law enforcement groups. -
Top Thrill Dragster, which was just under 20 years old, had repeated issues, and a woman nearly died after a part fell off it last year and hit her in the head. -
The charter schools, including more than 300 in Ohio, said the restrictions in the federal grant program are unfair.
