Rick Rouan

Rick Rouan is the statehouse and politics editor at cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer, overseeing a team of reporters in Columbus and Washington, D.C., covering Ohio’s elected leaders and how their work impacts everyday Ohioans. Before coming to cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer, he reported on national politics for USA Today and covered beats ranging from statewide politics and elections to transportation at The Columbus Dispatch. A graduate of Ohio University who grew up in Youngstown.