(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) This Jan. 15, 2020, file photo shows volunteer Ron Mortensen at the City Creek Harmons grocery store helping gather voter signatures to put a referendum on the ballot overturning the tax reform package passed by the Legislature. The package included an increase on the food sales tax that was unpopular with grassroots Utahns.
Bethany began covering state government at The Tribune right in time for the 2018 election. She's a proud Maryland Terrapin and worked at newspapers in the D.C. area and in Orlando, Florida, before coming to Utah. Her aspiration is to one day keep an orchid alive for more than a month.