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 four House Democrats say two bills they've introduced this year to change laws related to sexual assault and rape haven't gotten real consideration. -
The group says the realtors' support of diversity, equity and inclusion is at odds with their support of bills that would restrict teaching about race and public policy.
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Lawsuits over those checks continue, though the federal program financing them ended last month.
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The bill got almost unanimous support from state lawmakers and now goes to Gov. Mike DeWine.
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Gov. Mike DeWine said the border is a thoroughfare for the deadly opiate fentanyl, blamed in most of Ohio's deadly opioid-related overdoses.
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The decision in this case came down to the meaning of just that one word.
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Ten missing children were found and potential sex trafficking victims were also interviewed.
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Ohio is among the states mentioned in a letter asking for federal help to protect school board members, teachers and students against possible violence.
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The state will also start processing requests to not have to repay overpayments, but there's no timeline on when all this might be done.
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The bills would ban what sponsors call "critical race theory," a concept not taught in K-12 schools in Ohio.
