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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The Ohio Democratic Party is considering “everything,” from a fight in the courts to a referendum on the ballot. -
Money started flowing into Ohio's 2026 U.S. Senate race within hours of Sherrod Brown’s announcement that he wants to run against U.S. Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH). -
President Trump made the unfounded claim that voting machines have been “highly inaccurate”, though Ohio’s Secretary of State has always maintained the state runs “the national model” for elections. -
As fights about redistricting boil over nationwide, advocates in Ohio are readying their defenses against districts yet to be drawn by the GOP-majority legislature. -
Gov. Mike DeWine will continue its fight to block $900 million worth of federal funds from going to Ohioans who didn’t have jobs between summer and fall 2021. -
Largely found at gas stations and smoke stores, the items might be sold under dozens of different brand labels. -
Ohio legislators and lobbyists from across the aisle have said before they believe it’s time to rein in the incentives offered to the electric-intensive facilities. -
GOP politicians including President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno mounted pressure Thursday on Intel by calling for CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign. -
The OhioSEE Program, which looks to get kids who fail their vision screenings more care and—if needed—glasses. -
Two Democrats want to change Ohio law and ban any drilling for oil and gas, although the bill is unlikely to secure backing from the majority caucus.
