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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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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The number of men refusing food fell to zero on Tuesday for the first time in seven weeks.
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Despite a near 10% rise in jail populations — bringing with it a rise in suicides, assaults and deaths — the governor looks to jail more for longer. Reform advocates call it political.
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The Refuge's license was suspended last year when it was discovered an employee had offered to sell nude photos of two girls in exchange for drug money. The nonprofit sex-trafficking treatment center reached a settlement with the state that allowed it to reopen.
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Men at Gib Lewis Unit in East Texas are at times put in holding cells for days
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After scheduling an interview with TPR, the state agency reversed itself and denied interview requests from TPR and others.
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Stephanie Muth, the new commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services, was given a warm welcome and a laundry list of fixes from a federal judge Friday.
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The lawsuit filed Thursday wants to end the practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement.
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Three paces one direction and then three paces back, prisoners describe their lives in Texas prisons and why they want changes.
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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed that dozens of prisoners are refusing to eat. Organizers said they want an end to indefinite solitary confinement.