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GALVESTON, Texas — The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office has announced new rules and a traffic control plan ahead of Jeep Weekend, an annual event that draws thousands of visitors to the beaches.
The firm successfully defended Galveston County in federal litigation over allegations it unconstitutionally used racial gerrymandering in a 2021 commissioners redistricting.
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — After being sworn in, Galveston County’s new sheriff addressed how he plans to handle the mass exodus, mental health unit, and a controversial event that attracts ...
Galveston County is the latest area now under a disaster declaration ahead of Beryl's expected landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast.
The 16-member panel must decide whether a Galveston County voter map was redrawn as a political gerrymander — deemed legal by the U.S. Supreme Court — or as an illegal racial gerrymander.
The U.S. Supreme Court approved the use of voting maps in Galveston County for the upcoming 2024 election despite other courts deeming it a violation.
This decision means that Galveston County elections will be using a map that a lower court judge said violated the Voting Rights Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to vacate an appeals court stay of an order requiring Galveston County to adopt a new map means the 2024 election will run under a plan that a lower court judge ...
GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas – The United States Supreme Court decided that they will not block a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals that leaves in place a new map for Galveston County. According to ...
Three liberal justices dissented as the court let Galveston County use a map drawn in 2021 for local elections.
Galveston County officials adopted the map at the center of the dispute for the county’s commissioners in Nov. 2021. Under the map, the county’s lone majority-minority district became the district ...
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Galveston County to use a redrawn districting map that a federal judge said denies Blacks and Latinos equal voting rights.