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Bethany Rodgers

Government Reporter

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.

A Utah law firm acknowledges it’s sharing renter information with landlords. Here’s what it’s telling them.

By Bethany Rodgers | April 11, 2022, 4:40 p.m.

Updated: New records detail complaints against TestUtah, from ‘piles’ of ignored samples to ‘contaminated’ COVID tests

By Erin Alberty | Bethany Rodgers | March 31, 2022, 5:31 p.m.

Gov. Cox appoints Judge Diana Hagen to serve on Utah’s Supreme Court

By Bethany Rodgers | March 29, 2022, 10:14 p.m.

Salt Lake City’s homeless residents wait on decision about tiny home village’s fate

By Bethany Rodgers | March 21, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Republicans see high attendance for Utah’s GOP caucus night. Will the off-year be a big year for voter turnout?

By Bryan Schott | Bethany Rodgers | March 9, 2022, 4:47 a.m.

Republican candidate for Utah Senate charged with forcible sexual abuse

By Bethany Rodgers | March 9, 2022, 12:34 a.m.

It wasn’t just the ‘year of the tax cut.’ Here’s what Utah lawmakers prioritized in 2022 session

Cox vows to veto last-minute bill banning transgender girls in female school sports

By Bethany Rodgers | March 5, 2022, 8:24 a.m.

If Salt Lake County can’t agree on winter homeless shelters, state says it will step in

By Bethany Rodgers | March 4, 2022, 2:42 a.m.

‘It’s a slap in the face’: Homeless advocates say Utah lawmakers are shortchanging housing projects in a year of surplus

By Bethany Rodgers | March 4, 2022, 2:24 a.m.

Utah researchers have linked hundreds of rapes to dating sites. A lawmaker is trying to make these apps safer.

By Bethany Rodgers | March 3, 2022, 5:53 p.m.

Utah bill would kill local laws prohibiting exotic animal circus acts and puppy mills

By Bethany Rodgers | March 2, 2022, 3:57 p.m.

Utah committee flies through hearing on race-based hair discrimination

By Bethany Rodgers | March 1, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Utah lawmakers consider $85K-a-year plan to watch for federal laws infringing on state power

By Bethany Rodgers | February 28, 2022, 9:54 p.m.

Can ‘magic mushrooms’ make the trip to legal in conservative Utah?

By Bethany Rodgers | February 24, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Self-protection or censorship? Utah lawmakers are blocking people on social media

By Bethany Rodgers | February 21, 2022, 2:20 p.m.

‘We’re humans’: Officials eject unsheltered residents from one of Salt Lake City’s largest homeless camps

By Bethany Rodgers | February 18, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Here’s how to support Utah’s homeless services while filing your taxes

By Bethany Rodgers | February 16, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Panel would evaluate weight, height and wingspan of transgender student athletes under Utah bill

By Bethany Rodgers | February 15, 2022, 3:23 p.m.

Complaining of election ‘anomalies,’ Utah Rep. Phil Lyman unveils bill to eliminate state’s mail-in voting system

By Bethany Rodgers | Bryan Schott | February 12, 2022, 12:35 a.m.