Sarah Donaldson
Reporter/ProducerContact Sarah at sdonaldson@statehousenews.org.
Sarah Donaldson covers government, policy, politics and elections for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. Sarah regularly files from Columbus for National Public Radio and is a frequent guest on WOSU-FM's All Sides, WVXU's Cincinnati Edition, and Ideastream's Sound of Ideas.
Prior to joining the bureau in 2023, she worked for a year as a digital reporter/producer for WCMH-TV—where she covered Columbus city government, regional business and technology, and growth in Licking County. She’s been published in national and local outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, and the Columbus Dispatch.
Sarah is an Ohio University alumna, but was born and raised north of Pittsburgh. During her four years in Athens, she worked for southeast Ohio affiliate WOUB Public Media.
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SB 11 mandates that employers in Ohio could not prevent or penalize a person from taking another job in the same city or field, or within a certain timeframe. -
Suicide is a public health crisis. If you or anyone you know is in crisis, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline can be reached by calling or texting 988. -
The report, released Wednesday by Americans for Prosperity-Ohio and the Buckeye Institute, comes as state lawmakers negotiate a bill overhauling energy statute. -
Ohio GOP legislative leaders have said they want to revive a proposal to change relatively new recreational marijuana laws. -
Ohio lawmakers are early in negotiations on an omnibus bill overhauling energy policies. The ever-growing number of data centers statewide are part of the equation. -
Anduril Industries plans to create more than 4,000 jobs in the next decade and potential to add $2 billion per year to the state's economy. -
House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) rolled out chair and vice chair assignments Tuesday as the 136th Ohio General Assembly gets underway in Columbus.
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Passed in December and signed in January, the bill gives Ohio schools more leeway over cases that might not have traditionally qualified for permanent expulsion. -
Ohioans can lose their driver’s licenses for periods of time for plenty of reasons, but Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill Wednesday that overhauls parts of that process. -
Gov. Mike DeWine signed a stack of bills Wednesday from the lame duck legislative session, including House Bill 8, the so-called “Parents Bill of Rights.”
