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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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. -
Over the past five years, the state has ended its responsibilities for minor children 170 times — despite the youth being missing or having run away.
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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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Sunset Advisory commission met to discuss the fate of the system that the interim director said was "collapsing."
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At a Friday press conference in Uvalde, Texas Gov. Greg 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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The stands at the Uvalde County Fairplex were filled with community members, journalists and law enforcement officers.
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Authorities continue to investigate the gunman who killed 19 children and two adults who at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday — just two days before the end of the school year.
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Sales of vinyl are enjoying a huge resurgence. Long left behind in the audio landscape, music fans are flocking back to records during the pandemic.
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Camille Cain departed the beleaguered agency after four years and mixed results at reforming the agency which is now under federal investigation.
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Small bands and independent musicians often can't wait the year-long time frame to get a record pressed. They may be pushed out of the biggest and fastest growing physical music medium.
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A federal judge has awarded victims of the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting and their families more than $200 million.
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Reports detail agencies many failings, but also progress and recommendations for future.
