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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While the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country has raised more than $100 million, the governor's OneStar Foundation and United Way San Antonio have raised more than $4 million combined and have yet to determine how they will be spent. -
Rakim Sharkey, 31, could have spent the rest of his life in prison for sex trafficking three people — two of whom were children. But in 2023 a prosecutor with Ken Paxton's office let the man plead guilty to a charge with no prison time and no sex offender status. -
The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has awarded around $660 million since the plan was published, with a special legislative session coming. -
Residents say Kerr County's use of CodeRED alerts was sporadic and inconsistent. Local officials have not answered questions about when and how they utilized the system, which has been in place since 2009. -
Texas keeps public in the dark on its agencies actions or inactions in child abuse and neglect deaths -
Texas reports drop in child abuse and neglect deaths but the numbers don’t tell the whole story. -
Federal jury in San Antonio convicts two men in connection with deadly 2022 tractor-trailer incidentDozens of men, women and children from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and other nations were found trapped in the tractor-trailer on Quintana Road in southwest San Antonio in 2022. -
More than 440 properties nationwide were listed as 'disposable.' Many—from the VA to the federal judiciary—have hundreds of workers. Two dozen in Texas include properties officed in by congressmembers, including Sen. Ted Cruz. -
The Tuesday order affects tens of thousands of children, some with no family and no legal status. -
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.
