The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge of Utah’s congressional districts, drawn by the majority-Republican Legislature. Justices are weighing whether the state court ...

Several governmental accountability groups filed a lawsuit against the Utah Legislature for allegedly illegally gerrymandering the state’s congressional districts during last year’s special ...

The algorithm initially didn’t work well because measuring gerrymandering in Utah is very different than measuring gerrymandering in other states. Having just four congressional districts means ...

finalizing the new congressional districts. At the time, he said the Legislature is "fully within their rights" to draw Utah's political maps, and essentially said gerrymandering happens all the ...

Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson listens to oral arguments for a case challenging the state’s congressional districts before the Utah Supreme Court in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. (Photo ...

The Utah Supreme Court’s ruling made clear ... Legislature “shall divide the state into congressional, legislative and other districts.” Proposition 4’s independent commission creates ...

“We are one Utah and we are in one combined community ... It carves Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County into four congressional districts rather than the three its in now, a division known ...

instead splitting Salt Lake County into four different congressional districts. The Utah Supreme Court ruled in July that lawmakers overstepped their authority in doing so. Republican leaders have ...

which include establishing an independent redistricting commission to redraw the boundaries of Utah's Congressional districts. Gov. Spencer Cox issued a statement saying he disagrees with "some of ...

Since then, the Legislature has made and will continue to make it more and more difficult to pass initiatives. Among the many requirements, an initiative must gather signatures in at least 26 of ...