(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) Utah County Commission Chair Bill Lee, right, starts a commission meeting in this Dec. 12, 2017, file photo in Provo. Some elected leaders — including Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson — are alarmed by a plan for the two sitting commissioners to take over control of the budget from the separately elected clerk/auditor's office.
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.