SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court has agreed to hear an emergency request from the Utah Legislature after a lower court tossed congressional maps that lawmakers enacted in 2021.

Meanwhile, the district court judge who threw out those maps has softened the language she used in ordering the Legislature to redraw new ones to be used in next year’s midterm elections.

Third District Judge Dianna Gibson last month invalidated the maps , saying they stemmed from an unconstitutional law that changed a voter-led initiative meant to set standards for redistricting in the state. Gibson ordered the Legislature to redraw the maps according to those standards by November to have them in place before the midterm elections next year.

Lawmakers on Friday asked the Utah Supreme Court to interv

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