Sarah Donaldson
Reporter/ProducerContact Sarah at sdonaldson@statehousenews.org.
Sarah Donaldson covers government, 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, WOSU-TV's Columbus on the Record, WVXU's Cincinnati Edition, and Ideastream's Sound of Ideas. She has been awarded for her work by the Press Club of Cleveland and the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.
Prior to joining the bureau in 2023, Sarah 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.
She 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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Ohio lawmakers will be summoned back to Columbus next Wednesday, the leaders of the House and Senate said, for a rare and politicized last-minute session. -
A few GOP candidates for U.S. Senate, like Ashley Hinson of Iowa and Mike Rogers of Michigan, recently broke with President Donald Trump and demanded an end to the war. -
Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine reflected on eight years of state investment in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio. -
The Ohio State Medical Association’s Political Action Committee has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy, the GOP candidate for governor, over Democratic candidate Amy Acton. -
The Ohio Craft Brewers Association has been trying to kickstart Senate Bill 23 during the legislature’s recess. -
Although corporate executives donate to political parties and candidates frequently, it’s rarer for corporations to wade in. -
Gov. Mike DeWine defended Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton, following the security incident near Youngstown at the Canfield Fair over the weekend. -
Their effort stems from a crash west of Toledo that killed a 29-year-old last week. 34-year-old Washington Naula Ochoa was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide. -
By extending its existing Complex Medical Help Program, the Ohio Department of Health will add new staff to connect families with resources, from Medicaid coverage to doctors to clinical trials. -
DeWine also said Tuesday morning the ongoing federal immigration efforts near there are “very misguided.”
