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Ohio Treasurer Stresses Financial Literacy

Ohio is leading the nation in the number of personal bankruptcies.

Statistics also show that many Ohioans do not have enough money in their savings account to weather a job loss or financial emergency.

Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports, that's why Ohio lawmakers want high school students to take a financial literacy course.

Jo 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.