Karen Kasler
Karen 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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It's the first fair since 2019 where the public can attend, and a new state law on permitless conceal carry has changed some security rules.
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This map was the second one passed by Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
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There's been a surge of businesses doing only electronic transactions, and a Republican senator says that trend could hurt people who choose to or can only use cash.
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The state school board has to hire a new superintendent of public instruction following the resignation of the last one after less than two weeks on the job.
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Sales tax receipts and personal income tax collections came in well over estimates, though some of those extra funds are already earmarked for big projects.
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The bill has eight of the more conservative members of the Ohio House on board.
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The Columbus-based electric utility has been criticized for outages following severe storms during days of extreme heat.
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The Buckeye Institute 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.