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 has filed from Columbus for NPR, and is a frequent guest on WOSU-FM's "All Sides with Anna Staver" and WVXU's "Cincinnati Edition."
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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Agencies arrested three dozen protestors on the Oval at Ohio State University on Thursday night, the culmination of six hours of protests against the war in Gaza. -
Ohioans will likely be able to buy recreational marijuana as soon as mid-June, earlier than the timeline outlined by the initiated statute they voted to pass last fall. -
House Bill 230 in Ohio would recategorize the felony classifications for trafficking certain amounts of drugs, such as cocaine, fentanyl or heroin. -
Under House Bill 485, Ohio's public schools would also have to largely limit students' social media use and outright ban them from TikTok. -
The most recent proposal would also prohibit Ohio candidates from running with a political party if they had not voted in the party's latest primary. -
A select committee released new recommendations that argue housing demand issues in Ohio’s fast-growing urban cores starkly contrast those in rural communities. -
Attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and Ohio Attorney General’s Office laid out their cases Friday morning in Franklin County. -
The latest vote to control the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign fund shows the infighting over last year’s divisive speakership election is still simmering. -
Under the legislation, pulling a license could no longer be a possible penalty for drug offenses, school truancy, or court fines, among other provisions. -
Gov. Mike DeWine's State of the State got some positive reviews, but also received pushback from legislators in his own party.
