Two commissioners overrode the objections of Galveston County Judge Mark Henry to maintain the county's $30,000 contract with an advocacy group that fights windstorm insurance rate hikes.
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A coastal low along a warm front is bringing widespread cloudiness and rain across much of Texas today.
Discussion of the proposal isn’t likely to move fast. Galveston Mayor Craig Brown said he's hopeful all involved parties will come to an agreement this summer.
The ruling puts another hurdle in front of a Biden-proposed vaccine mandate.
The omicron surge has increased the workload at the University of Texas Medical Branch's medical labs, where technicians are processing up to 3,000 tests a day.
No other information about the incident was released and no charges have been filed in connection to the girl's disappearance, police said.
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More than half of eligible people in Galveston County are vaccinated, but the county's vaccination rate has slowed to a trickle.
Galveston County followed through on a threat to sue Boon-Chapman Benefit Administrators over a dispute centered around payments for health care for jail inmates at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
More than 20 percent of absentee ballot applications in Galveston County have been rejected this year, mainly because they lack ID information required under a new state law, officials said.
Jaleel Faison was arrested and accused by police of shooting at a woman in a Galveston alley on Jan. 6.
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The Campaign Legal Center said recent changes to commissioner precincts are part of a "pattern of discrimination" started in Galveston County in 2011.
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A welcome return of milder weather will be brief with a strong cold front reaching the coast by late Wednesday or early Thursday. The front will be accompanied by thunderstorms.
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Martin Luther King Day events returned in 2022, after being canceled during last year's winter surge.
Gulf Coast Center’s awarded Texans Recovering Together Crisis Counseling grant offering no-cost counseling and outreach services is now available through Jan. 30.
A marching band, classic cars and more participated in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Galveston, despite cold wind.
Galveston County is threatening a lawsuit to obtain documents from its former health care administrator. The company's chairman said the county was being unreasonable and bullying. At issue is hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money.
A drive-through testing site will open in Texas City to respond to a rising demand for testing in the county, officials said.
The deadline to make 2021 property tax payments without penalty and interest is Jan. 31.
The new year started with a bang — the first Good Morning Galveston networking meetup in 2022 hosted by the Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce was a knockout winner.
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