Paul Flahive
Paul Flahive is the technology and entrepreneurship reporter for Texas Public Radio. He has worked in public media across the country, from Iowa City and Chicago to Anchorage and San Antonio.
As producer of "The Source," Paul was honored with two 2015 Lone Star Awards from the Houston Press Club — one for Best Talk Program and the other for Best Public Affairs Segment. In 2016, he was honored with an Anson Jones Award. In 2018, he was honored with the Barbara Jordan Award.
His work has been heard on NPR, Marketplace, Interfaith Voices, and elsewhere in public media.
Paul created TPR's live storytelling program, Worth Repeating.
Texas Public Radio is supported by contributors to the Technology and Entrepreneurship News Fund, including The 80/20 Foundation, rackspace, The Elmendorf Family Fund, University of Texas at San Antonio's Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship, SecureLogix, United Services Automobile Association and Giles Design Bureau.
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A study published last November links 271 deaths between 2001 and 2019 to unairconditioned Texas prisons. An analysis of state data showed that a spike in the mortality rate has hit Texas prisons system-wide. -
The price rise hit prisoners seeking bottled water as temperatures eclipse the 100 degree mark in unairconditioned facilities. The state vendor asked to raise the price and two state agencies signed off.
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Inmates say food melts in front of them and claim their cells' temperatures exceed 150 degrees.
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Prison researchers were shocked to learn that women in Texas Department of Criminal Justice's security detention are issued a thick white gown instead of the two-piece uniform men are issued. No official explanation was offered.
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An organizer alleged the prison was retaliating by interfering with the inmates' attempts to contact the outside world.
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Federal judge orders Texas to comply with Senate investigation into residential treatment facilitiesTexas has removed foster youth from at least one facility managed by companies being investigated by U.S. senators. 48 youth remain at 11 facilities, according to a federal judge.
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In an email last week, interim director Shandra Carter described the move as having "no other option."
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En un esfuerzo por corregir sus declaraciones mal informadas sobre el tiroteo que cobró la vida de 19 niños y dos adultos en la escuela primaria Robb en Uvalde, Texas, el Gobernador Greg Abbott nuevamente informó mal al público, esta vez sobre otro tiroteo masivo en Texas.
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At a Friday press conference in Uvalde, Abbott pointed to the 2017 mass killing at First Baptist Church Sutherland Springs as proof background checks don't work. A federal court found the opposite.
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Parents and other guardians waited desperately trying to get more information on what was happening and where their children were.
