
Jo Ingles
Statehouse ReporterJo 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. Jo started her career in Louisville, Kentucky in the mid 80’s when she helped produce a televised presidential debate for ABC News, worked for a creative services company and served as a general assignment report for a commercial radio station. In 1989, she returned back to her native Ohio to work at the WOSU Stations in Columbus where she began a long resume in public radio.
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”, WOSU Radio’s “All Sides with Ann Fisher” and other radio and television shows throughout the state. 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 is also the media adviser for the Ohio Wesleyan University, “Transcript” newspaper. She also teaches radio productions courses there. She lives in southern Delaware County with her husband, Roger, and two children.
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Libraries that had been handing out free antigen tests in December are finding it's hard to stock them now.
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Safety forces, BMV offices, libraries and restaurants are among many things being impacted by the COVID-19 surge.
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The law, which was signed just before Christmas, limits which doctors can work at clinics that require variances to operate.
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Health officials are concerned that even more patients with the virus will overwhelm the health care system in the coming weeks.
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The Ohio Department of Health is tracking such cases.
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Rapid, free, at-home COVID tests that have been handed out at public libraries throughout Ohio are a sought-after commodity as COVID cases in the Buckeye State have spiked to record highs four times in the past week.
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The legislation would require online marketplaces to verify information from third-party sellers.
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It's been another tough year for the state as more Ohioans have died from COVID-19 this year than in 2020.
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Rising food costs and increased spending on other daily expenditures are blamed for making it tough for some Ohioans to make ends meet.
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The sponsor of the bill says he wants other legislators to be able to have time to take a closer look at it.