The GOP-controlled Utah Legislature will convene Tuesday evening for a special session to consider election-law changes that could buy lawmakers more time to overturn the state's new court-ordered congressional map.

Utah Republican lawmakers voted on Tuesday to reject the state’s new court-ordered congressional map and to amend candidate and legal timelines to pave the way for a full appeal

The special session of the Utah legislature began Tuesday with a committee meeting. The session was primarily called to address issues related to elections, court procedures, and constitutional

Within months of longtime state Sen. Daniel Thatcher of West Valley City resigning from the Republican Party in favor of the centrist Forward Party, he announced he would leave the Utah Legislature altogether. The young political party chose Thatcher’s successor, Emily Buss of Eagle Mountain, Thursday evening.