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Starting next week, Zion National Park’s shuttle service will begin running on the weekends. This story and more in Monday evening's news brief.
Monday evening, February 1, 2021
State
Utah Lawmakers Name All Seven Redistricting Commission Members
Utah has put together its first ever independent redistricting commission. Monday, the governor and legislative leaders appointed all seven members. Voters approved a proposition in 2018 that created the commission. It will advise the state legislature on how to draw political districts. Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Brigham Young University professor Rex Facer as the chair. Republican legislative leadership picked former state Sen. Lyle Hillyard and former Congressman Rob Bishop. They also selected a Davis County digital mapper. Top democratic lawmakers named former Senate Minority leader Pat Jones and former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Christine Durham to the committee. The commission will use 2020 census data to draw district maps. That information should come out over the summer. —