The general municipal elections are fast approaching, with mail-in ballots beginning to arrive at voters’ homes last week.

The state Republican Party shifted tactics for repealing a 2018 ballot initiative on redistricting standards on Friday, as hearings continued on the newly enacted congressional maps.

On day two of the hearing over Utah's redistricting, the Legislature put forward its own academic experts. They, predictably, presented the opposing view of what the plaintiff's experts had to say the day before.

Instructions for voters in Utah County are causing confusion and uncertainty just two weeks before Election Day.

Just as the second and final day of complicated map-drawing expert testimony came to an end late Friday, another twist cropped up in Utah’s court-ordered redistricting legal battle. An attorney for Utah’s top election official,

The legal battle over Utah’s redistricting process and what congressional boundaries should be used for the 2026 election is reaching a new fever pitch — with more complexity and uncertainty than ever.

Utah County's municipal election ballot instructions have some inaccurate and confusing information on them, but Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson said they were left that way to save taxpayers money.

The Utah GOP is tapping the brakes on a bid to use the initiative process to kill a voter-passed anti-gerrymandering law — a move the state’s top elections official had said injected an “unprecedented” level of chaos into midterm congressional contests.

Sen. Daniel Thatcher, who bucked Republicans on trans sports, dormitories, food tax and labor bills — before leaving the GOP altogether — says he is stepping down from the Utah Legislature.

As federal influence stretches further into areas traditionally reserved for the states, from education to energy to election law, Utah is pushing back with principle. And we’re not alone. A national movement is building around the belief that America works best when states are empowered to lead.

Sen. Dan Thatcher plans to resign before the 2026 session, but only if the Forward Party of Utah can pick his replacement.