Karen Kasler
Ohio Public Radio and TV Statehouse Bureau ChiefKaren 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 Columbus-based electric utility has been criticized for outages following severe storms during days of extreme heat. -
Steve Dackin is a former state Board of Education member who was selected as state school superintendent May 10. -
The amendments will be before voters in the general election this fall. -
Jamie Dimon spoke to members of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in a Statehouse event. -
The bill was announced at an Ohio Statehouse rally featuring hundreds of nurses who say they need more protection to feel safe at work. -
The lawsuit comes two days after the primary, with Democratic candidates planning to talk about the House Bill 6 corruption scandal in this year's election. -
$65 million has been spent by the five leading candidates and the groups that support and oppose them. -
Nearly $64 million has been spent in just that race so far, with the primary set for Tuesday. -
Ohio Gubernatorial Republican and Democratic candidates sit down with the Statehouse News Bureau to talk about pressing issues in the state. -
Though J.D. Vance scored the coveted endorsement, three other candidates promoting their Trump credentials could keep doing so — and a national pollster and consultant who works in Ohio suggests they likely will.
