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. -
The conservative Ohio think tank filed a brief in support of those challenging a New York law on permits to carry concealed weapons.
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The concerns come up because of the comments of the U.S. Supreme Court's most conservative justice, in a concurring opinion.
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The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, or ECOT, was battling legal action over repayments to the state even before it closed down in 2018.
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Many low-income Ohioans have either limited or no access to family planning services.
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An Ohio State University law professor said it's worth noting that a concurrence opinion mentioned landmark cases on same-sex marriage and birth control in the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
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The 2019 law banning abortion after the detection of fetal cardiac activity, which can happen as early as six weeks, went into effect Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that there's no constitutional right to abortion.
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Gov. Mike DeWine didn't mention further abortion restrictions but talked about assistance for women and children in a speech of just under six minutes, which his Democratic opponent blasted as anti-choice.
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Intel and Ohio officials said the lack of movement on the bipartisan CHIPS Act in Congress is the reason for postponing a ceremonial groundbreaking.
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Attorney General Dave Yost asked for the hold on the law to be lifted immediately since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health says there's no constitutional right to abortion.
