Paul Flahive
Accountability ReporterPaul Flahive covers business as well as local, state and federal government with an eye towards accountability stories.
He was the technology and entrepreneurship reporter for Texas Public Radio for several years. Prior to that, he helped launch The Source as a live, talk program. He has worked in public media across the country, from Iowa City and Chicago to Anchorage and San Antonio.
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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TPR has confirmed the county has settled the federal civil rights case for the March 2020 shooting death of Jesus Benito Garcia. -
A San Antonio federal court judge questioned whether or not he should be the one hearing the case at all.
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After three years, the DA's office says police have issued 6,200 citations rather than arrest for low-level crimes.
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In a letter to county staff, the union gives a laundry list of issues including leaking sewage and inoperable jail cameras.
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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.
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TPR is seeking answers in the 2020 killing of Jesus Garcia. His death prompted a grand jury indictment of a Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy.
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After months of declines from the San Antonio Food Bank's highs of feeding 120,000 people a month, the numbers are ticking up again as costs outstrip wage gains.
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Since in-person jury trials resumed, the court has seen active pending cases drop by 13%. They estimate they will be back to pre-pandemic levels early next year.
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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."
