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On January 6, the Sugar Land City Council approved new amendments to an existing contract with Flock Safety for surveillance technology, bringing the city’s total investment with the Atlanta-based company to $2.2 million.

Sugar Land’s multi-million dollar surveillance deal sparks privacy concerns

by Sam Cohen

| January 13, 2026

Community | CULTURE | flock cameras | HARDGATE | HTX | license plate reader cameras | SAFETY | sugar land | surveillance | surveillance technology | TECHNOLOGY | TEXAS
Sugar Land recently approved a multi-million dollar contract for new surveillance technology. Here’s what you need to know.
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month seeks to bring awareness to a very real problem.

7 Texas organizations to support during National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month

by Joey Held

| January 9, 2026

austin | central texas | Community | CULTURE | FAMILY | FORT WORTH | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | SAFETY | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO | volunteers
National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month seeks to bring awareness to a very real problem. Here’s how Texans can make a difference.
Variable speed limit signs are starting to appear across Texas.

Keeping Texas communities safer: Variable speed limits could prevent future crashes

by Sam Cohen

| January 8, 2026

HARDGATE | SAFETY | TEXAS | Texas Department of Transportation | traffic | TRANSPORTATION | variable speed limit | variable speed limit signs
Variable speed limit signs are starting to appear across Texas. Here’s why.
Texas Tech professors are developing a unique flood forecasting system for the state – and specifically for the Texas Hill Country.

Texas Tech researchers to develop statewide flood warning system

by Public News Service

| January 6, 2026

central texas | climate | CLIMATE CHANGE | Community | extreme weather | flood warning system | flooding | local | Local news | News | SAFETY | TECHNOLOGY | TEXAS | texas hill country | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | Texas Tech University | the West Texas Mesonet
Texas Tech professors are developing a unique flood forecasting system for the state – and specifically for the Texas Hill Country.
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Camp fees could increase up to 4,000% in aftermath of summer floods

by Staff Reports

| December 15, 2025

Community | EXCO-Player | flood | flooding | local politics | old texas | SAFETY | TEXAS
A new set of regulations drafted by the Texas Department of State Health Services, set to go into effect next year, includes upping summer camp licensing fees to help increase safety measures, such as a dedicated camp safety inspector for the state. The rules come nearly five months after the Hill Country floods led to the deaths of at least 136 Texans, including children who were attending overnight summer camp. Click the link in our bio learn more about the new regulations.
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