(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, (left) talks with House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper (right) prior to a special session on Monday, Dec. 2, 2018. During the special session, lawmakers overhauled the Utah Medical Cannabis Act's medical cannabis distribution system, reduces the number of medical marijuana outlets, prohibits edibles for gelatin cubes instead and changes the list of illnesses that qualify for cannabis treatments.
Benjamin joined The Tribune in the fall of 2014 as an education reporter. He currently covers Utah state government and hosts "Trib Talk," the Tribune's weekly general news podcast. Benjamin is a native Utahn and an alumnus of Utah State University.