$1.50 July 19, 2024 | Vol. 3 Iss. 24
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Blaze sparked by fireworks destroys Layton home By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com LAYTON—A home at 2220 N. 1495 East was totally destroyed on Sunday after fireworks sparked a blaze near the Kay’s Creek Trailhead that spread to the grass and then to vehicles parked in the driveway. The occupants, one woman and two children were not home at the time. “The single mother was away but has since returned (to look at the damage),” said Layton City Fire Department Battalion Chief Jason Cook. “We’re working with her trying to make her whole but that’s a hard thing to do.” The house sits west of the opening of the trail, he said. “The property belongs to the city and abuts her property. It
THREE PEOPLE HAVE been charged for setting off fireworks that started a fire and burned down a home in Layton.
Photos courtesy of Layton City Fire Department
Please see FIRE: pg. 6
Utah Supreme Court upholds lawsuit against legislature redistricting of boundaries By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com
Utah Supreme Court upholds lawsuit against legislature redistricting of boundaries
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF UTAH and Mormon Women for Ethical Government march at the Utah Supreme Court last year. The Utah Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision last week in a lawsuit the organizations filed against partisan gerrymandering.
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SALT LAKE CITY—Plaintiffs in a lawsuit over congressional boundaries established by the Utah Legislature were ecstatic over a Utah Supreme Court ruling last Thursday that reversed a lower court’s decision to dismiss a count dealing with citizen ballot initiatives. The ruling opened the door to the original lawsuit being taken to trial. The suit will now go back to Third District Court. In 2018, Proposition 4 was passed by Utah voters, which created the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission that was tasked with drawing and submitting Utah’s congressional and state legislative districts to the legislature for approval, according to the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Utah website. The group is one of the plaintiffs in the case. “The LWV and Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) filed a lawsuit in the Third Judicial District Court for Salt Lake County, asserting the Utah Legislature’s alteration of Proposition 4 violated the Utah Constitution’s right to direct lawmaking through ballot initiative. The complaint further asserted that the Congressional districts enacted by the Legislature after the 2020 Census were a partisan gerrymander and violated the Utah Constitution’s clauses protecting free elections, equal protection by the law, free speech and association, and the right to vote,” the LWV of Utah website stated. “This is a sweeping victory,” said Better Please see LAWSUIT: pg. 6