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Jennifer Dobner

Government reporter

Jennifer Dobner is a reporter covering government, public corruption and LGBT issues. She previously worked for The Associated Press, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Deseret News and the Idaho Falls Post-Register

Salt Lake County district attorney faces a political challenge from inside his office

By Jennifer Dobner | January 10, 2018, 8:10 p.m.

Salt Lake County recorder adds credit and debit cards to payment options

By Jennifer Dobner | January 10, 2018, 6:41 p.m.

Salt Lake County joins the push for stiffer Utah hate crimes law

By Jennifer Dobner | January 10, 2018, 1:15 a.m.

Utah Supreme Court considers plight of two transgender people who want their IDs to reflect their ‘actual reality’

By Jennifer Dobner | January 9, 2018, 2:06 p.m.

Four openly gay election winners sworn in as council members in three cities, showing the LGBTQ community is making gains in Utah politics

By Jennifer Dobner | January 9, 2018, 2:47 p.m.

Big Cottonwood Canyon town on the horizon? Brighton residents seek incorporation, local control.

By Jennifer Dobner | December 28, 2017, 2:54 p.m.

Following Salt Lake County’s lead, five more Utah counties plan suits against opioid makers

By Jennifer Dobner | December 22, 2017, 4:11 a.m.

Democrat Jenny Wilson says tax reform bill is a lump of coal for Utah's working families, blames Sen. Orrin Hatch

By Jennifer Dobner | December 22, 2017, 1:21 a.m.

After bickering, Salt Lake County Council passes 2018 budget of $1.3B — and change

By Jennifer Dobner | December 20, 2017, 6:01 a.m.

She was a teen mother, a high school dropout and an onion-field worker — now she’s Utah’s first female sheriff

By Jennifer Dobner | December 19, 2017, 5:59 p.m.

Utah girl adds her $5 allowance toward new homeless shelters as fundraising tops $1.2M

By Jennifer Dobner | December 8, 2017, 2:24 a.m.

Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal challenges his boss in election for Salt Lake County sheriff

By Jennifer Dobner | November 30, 2017, 11:01 p.m.

Gay Ugandan activists rebuilding lives in Utah after fleeing anti-LGBTQ repression in Africa

By Jennifer Dobner | November 26, 2017, 4:12 p.m.

Was a grand jury misled? That’s what ex-UTA board member Terry Diehl wants to know.

By Jennifer Dobner | November 24, 2017, 11:09 p.m.

On a mission to help the homeless, this Utah woman serves up faith and food from a chuckwagon under a downtown viaduct

By Jennifer Dobner | November 24, 2017, 2:15 a.m.

Utah sex workers talk about the personal, practical and political aspects of their jobs

By Jennifer Dobner | November 17, 2017, 5:56 p.m.

Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes marshals Utah counties to sue Big Pharma

By Jennifer Dobner | November 17, 2017, 2:48 a.m.

Council caught ‘flatfooted’ by McAdams’ plan to sue drug companies over the opioid crisis

By Jennifer Dobner | November 14, 2017, 11:35 p.m.

Salt Lake County to sue Big Pharma over the toll of opioid addiction

By Jennifer Dobner | November 14, 2017, 12:58 a.m.

Judge Paige Petersen receives committee support

By Jennifer Dobner | November 13, 2017, 9:50 p.m.