Gov. Spencer Cox announced his new Utah Supreme Court Justice pick to replace outgoing Associate Chief Justice John Peace on the bench. Third District Judge John Nielsen now awaits confirmation from the Utah Senate to join the high court. Cox said that after reviewing dozens of applications, ...
A new analysis breaks down the political implications of three proposed congressional maps that have been submitted to a Utah judge for consideration — one from Utah lawmakers and two from the plaintiffs in the ongoing redistricting lawsuit against the state. The three biggest takeaways ...
Utah’s court-ordered redistricting process underway this week is already heating up, with Democrats and some concerned Utahns frustrated that legislators still aren’t following the spirit of a voter-approved law that created an independent redistricting process. The Utah Legislature’s ...
The Utah Supreme Court has granted Utah lawmakers’ emergency request for an expedited review as they petition to block a district court judge’s ruling that tossed out the Utah Legislature’s 2021 congressional map. In an order issued Saturday, Utah’s highest court gave the ...
The governor’s comments on Utah’s redistricting case came toward the end of the hour-long discussion — and on the heels of a major political shakeup in Utah. Last week, 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson ruled the Utah Legislature violated the state constitution in 2021 when it ...
Third District Court Judge Dianna Gibson issued a decision late Tuesday denying Utah lawmakers’ attorneys’ request to push pause on her ruling last week that tossed out the state’s current congressional boundaries and ordered lawmakers to draw a new map. “By granting a stay and ...
