Redistricting

Attorney Taylor Meehan talks with Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson during a break in oral arguments for a case challenging the state’s congressional districts before the Utah Supreme Court in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

Utah Supreme Court hears arguments in the fight over Utah’s redistricting maps

Saige Miller

The plaintiffs argue the Utah lawmakers went too far. But the defendants claim the Legislature has equal power as the people.

The Scott M. Matheson Courthouse, home to the Utah Supreme Court, the Third District and the Utah Court of Appeals, at 450 State Street in Salt Lake City.

Politics & Government

Utah’s redistricting map fight will move to the Utah Supreme Court. How’d we get there?

Saige Miller

The lawsuit is the first of its kind to face the Utah Supreme Court.

Utah lawmakers at work in the state House of Representatives during the 2022 legislative session, Jan. 25, 2022

Politics & Government

Utah House GOP will add to its supermajority in January

Saige Miller

Two Democratic female lawmakers lost their Salt Lake Valley races to male Republicans.

On the left, Republican Rep. Jim Dunnigan and his Democratic challenger in House District 36, Lynette Wendel.

Politics & Government

The 2022 Rep. Jim Dunnigan and Democrat Lynette Wendel rematch is set in a new district

Saige Miller

The new District 36 lost Kearns, a city that votes more Democratic, and gained West Jordan, which steers Republican.

Downtown Salt Lake City and the Capitol seen from the air, Feb. 15, 2022.

News Briefs

PM Brief: Salt Lake City is out for the RNC, Utah sued over redistricting & Romney resolution

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Thursday evening, Mar. 17, 2022.

Utah COVID Hospitalizations, former ICU patient

News Briefs

AM Brief: Utah’s stubborn COVID hospitalizations, gerrymandering ‘F’s & geothermal energy comments open

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Wednesday morning, Feb. 23, 2022.

News Briefs

AM News Brief: Omicron variant spreads, new lawsuit targets mask mandate & study links teen suicide to discrimination

KUER News

The latest Utah news from Wednesday morning, Dec. 22, 2021.

A 2021 photo collage with various photos.

Editor's Notes

Oh yeah, that was this year: A timeline of the year 2021 in Utah

Ross Terrell

Here’s a timeline of the major news stories that happened in Utah throughout 2021.

Illustration of the state of Utah with a pencil drawing curly lines through the state.

News Briefs

PM News Brief: Redistricting map signed, investigation into student’s death & money for a sustainable power grid

KUER News

The latest Utah news from Friday evening, Nov. 12, 2021

A photo of Gov. Spencer Cox at his State of the State address.

Politics & Government

What Gov. Cox's refusal to veto the congressional map says about his relationship with the Legislature

Sonja Hutson

Cox said during a virtual town hall Tuesday night that he planned to approve the congressional redistricting map because the Legislature passed it with enough votes to overturn a veto.

News Briefs

PM News Brief: Opting out of vaccine mandates, quagga mussel inspections & fighting wildfires

KUER News

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, Nov. 10, 2021

Federal lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday in support of a proposal that would complete the Continental Divide Trail. This story and more in Wednesday's news brief.

News Briefs

AM News Brief: Redistricting fight, no veto from Governor & completing the Continental Divide Trail

KUER News

The latest Utah news from Wednesday morning, Nov. 10, 2021