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.
Police identified Randy Wayne Bethea as the man killed when an SUV flipped over near train tracks on Highway 6.
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.
The developer of the Gulf Breeze housing development wanted a go-ahead vote on Wednesday night. Instead, the city council said it would have to table the issue and consider new zoning rules first.
Jaleel Faison was arrested and accused by police of shooting at a woman in a Galveston alley on Jan. 6.
The car flipped over as it was driving fast around a lowered level crossing signal, police said.
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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.
Since approving a public improvement district in November, the city and a developer have had back-and-forth negotiations on a final plan for the project.
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.
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