Paul Flahive
Paul Flahive is the accountability 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.
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The warrants in Bexar, Atascosa and Frio counties came a week after news stories brought to light the amount of money the AG has spent on his voter integrity unit with little to show for the expense. -
Lawyers for the State of Texas on Monday tried to convince a U.S. appeals court that it should not be fined for failures in investigations of abuse and neglect of intellectually disabled children. The three-judge panel appeared to not need much convincing. -
A 13-year fight between a judge and Texas over how the state runs its foster care system is back in court on Monday. Texas wants the judge off the case and her stiff fines canceled. The case is also part of a nationwide push back on judges who force states to take specific actions — decisions that, conservatives say, are 'corrosive to federalism.' -
Multiple women have complained to the state and media about physical and sexual abuse suffered by a guard at the Lane Murray Unit in Gatesville. The state said it has no evidence of a crime or infraction. -
After 13 years, the state said Judge Janis Jack should be removed from overseeing its foster care system because she isn't 'impartial.' -
A federal appeals court has stayed a $100,000 a day fine against the State of Texas. Texas was found in contempt Monday by U.S. District Judge Janis Jack for violating two of the court's orders in its long-running foster litigation. -
Texas was found in contempt Monday by U.S. District Judge Janis Jack for violating two of the court's orders in its long running foster litigation. -
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will be fined $100,000 a day until it comes into compliance on two remedial court orders. -
Texas has been in litigation over its foster care system for nearly 13 years. A federal court is now weighing whether to impose hefty fines over the system's inability to make progress.
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State documents show Texas paid $260 million over three years to keep kids in hotels and leased homes temporarily. Unregulated placements that advocates say warehouse youth with the most needs in the most dangerous way.
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This week, three former San Antonio, TX police officers were indicted in the shooting death of a woman with mental health issues.
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Lawyers for the state’s foster care system tried to fend off contempt complaints stemming from alleged failures to observe several court orders from federal court monitors and plaintiffs in a case that stretches back 12 years.
