(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) In this Feb. 21, 2019 file photo, Connell O'Donovan of Salt Lake says he endured 10-years of conversion therapy in high school and college as he supported a bill in the last legislative session that would have banned such therapy. The bill failed and now the state is proposing to institute the ban by professional rules.
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.