The Galveston Wharves is launching a redesigned website on Tuesday. The streamlined site is developed to improve the user ...

Local events are planned for the June 19 holiday and during the days before and after. Some are free and open to the public, ...

(CN) — An en banc Fifth Circuit examined Galveston County's redistricting maps Tuesday, in a case where Black and Latino voters claim the maps are racially gerrymandered. The full bench of the New ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon declined to block a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that leaves in place a new map for Galveston County, Tex. A federal district judge ...

The Justice Department filed a complaint against Galveston County in March 2022. In response to the complaint, a federal district judge in October said that map violates Section 2 of the Voting ...

Federal Judge Jeffrey V. Brown ruled that Galveston County’s commissioner courts maps violated the federal Voting Rights Act when they were drawn in 2021, and ordered the county to draw new maps ...

A federal judge struck down a voting map that erased the only majority-minority county in Galveston, Texas, saying officials violated the rights of Black and Latino voters by not giving them an ...

Stephen Holmes is the sole Democrat on the Galveston County Commissioners Court ... ruled the county’s 2021 commissioners court precinct map “denies Black and Latino voters the equal ...

(Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP, File) GALVESTON, Texas (CN) — A new Galveston County redistricting map that eliminated a sole Black- and Latino-dominant precinct violates ...

A U.S. District Judge ruled Friday that Galveston County violated the federal ... ruled the county’s 2021 commissioners court precinct map “denies Black and Latino voters the equal opportunity ...

The trial began Monday in a lawsuit against Galveston County, accusing Republican commissioners of gerrymandering the county's precinct map to dilute the votes of Black and Latino voters.

Uber and Lyft rides are readily available, and the Galveston Island Trolley runs on most weekends ... Stop by the Visitors Center for a map. Pro Tip: Be sure to visit the historic district and see the ...