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 Ohio Department of Health confirmed the state's first death from the disease Friday, but isn't giving many details about it.
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“We primarily are dealing with the initial response, the emergency part of the event," Commander of Ohio Task Force One Jack Reall said.
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Panic ensued this past Friday when emergency crews responded to eight schools throughout Ohio where there were false reports of active shooters on campuses through an internet practice known as "swatting."
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The candidates for U.S. Senate have both agreed to two debates in northeast Ohio for October.
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There's a new bill in the legislature that would allow the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to set up a program that would import drugs from Canada then pass those savings along to Ohioans.
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Shortly after abortion was banned in Ohio in June, the story about a 10-year-old Ohio girl pregnant by rape who had to travel to Indiana for an abortion made headlines. But court filings in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court showed she's not alone.
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The Ohio Debate Commission said the Republican candidates refused to participate in debates and the commission elected not to hold "empty chair" debates with the Democratic candidates.
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The proposed resolution urges the state legislature to pass bills that prevent transgender students from using girls bathrooms and locker rooms; supports a lawsuit being waged by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost over federal non-discrimination rules; and more.
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The restraining order will last 14 days and prohibits penalizing anyone retroactively after the order expires. That means, currently, abortion procedures are legal in Ohio up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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Some of the Ohio Republican Party's Central Committee tried, unsuccessfully, to replace Ohio Republican Party Chair Bob Paduchik at a meeting Friday.