(Rick Egan |Tribune via AP, File) In this July 22, 2020, news conference, Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson speaks about coronavirus cases in the state's population center. On Tuesday, she released a budget plan that — while hammered by COVID-19, business shutdowns and slowdowns, an earthquake and a devastating windstorm — is better than anticipated.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.