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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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said its officers used excessive force and have asked the Inspector General to criminally investigate a Sept. 5 incident that saw 13 guards terminated or resign and an inmate still in hospital more than two weeks later. -
Some Democrats in Congress are calling for an investigation into extreme heat in state prisons. Researchers say death rates in Texas prisons are likely heat-related.
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Tens of thousands of Afghans were given temporary immigration status into the U.S. Now, many are worried about losing their jobs before their stays can be extended.
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A state prison leaking thousands of gallons of water left Venus, near Fort Worth, without water pressure and now under a boil notice.
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Inmates say food melts in front of them and claim their cells' temperatures exceed 150 degrees.
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As record-setting, dangerous heat continues in parts of the Southwest, there's concern about inmates in Texas. Most Texas prisoner housing isn't air conditioned and there are no temperature standards.
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The three San Antonio police officers charged with the murder of a woman experiencing a mental health episode had crisis intervention training. Advocates say it wasn't enough.
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Two years after an American exit and Taliban takeover, Afghans are making the arduous journey across central and south America to reach the U.S. — only to find uncertainty in the immigration system.
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Prison researchers were shocked to learn that women were issued a thick white gown instead of the two-piece uniform that men are issued. Now, inmates said they are receiving those two-piece uniforms too.
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Texas courts are still exonerating people who were falsely convicted and imprisoned amid the "moral satanic panic" of the 1980s and '90s. Their persecution was based on lies and conspiracy theories.
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Judge Janis Jack took the state to task about the use of drugs and documented instances of errors. The state said it was concerned but disputed whether court has jurisdiction.
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Lawyers for the families said they reached a tentative agreement for a $144.5 million payout over government failures to prevent the shooting
