Paul Flahive
Accountability ReporterPaul Flahive is an investigative reporter with nearly two decades of experience writing for various publications and public broadcasters.
His work has exposed systemic problems in Texas' unemployment system, prisons, foster care, and the treatment of child victims of sex abuse.
His work has had institutional impact. One story led to the change of a decade-long policy in Texas prisons that forced women in solitary confinement to wear gowns, rather than uniforms as male prisoners wore. Another story led to a state investigation that ultimately closed a foster placement agency that had taken in more millions in taxpayer funds for being "an immediate risk to child safety."
His work has been heard by millions on Marketplace, NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and elsewhere.
He co-edited "Worth Repeating" a collection of stories from the show he created of the same name, published 2023 from Trinity University Press
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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. -
A teenage foster child was transported nearly 300 miles from home and had its psychotropic drugs changed, violating court orders. Now a private provider may have to pay. -
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. -
Casi 30 campistas de la institución de 99 años de Hill Country siguen desaparecidos después de que las inundaciones devastaran el área el viernes. -
Nearly 30 campers at the 99-year-old Hill Country institution are still missing after flooding devastated the area on Friday.
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Her mother left her with strangers. Texas officials knew and didn’t act. The three-year-old died from abuse. -
Revelations around abuse at a San Antonio group home have parents worried and advocates reflecting on years of issues in Texas. -
TPR informó sobre Maofu Home Health el año pasado cuando un niño de 15 años casi muere por negligencia médica en una de las instalaciones de la organización en Sugar Land. -
TPR reported about Maofu Home Health last year when a 15-year-old child nearly died from medical neglect at one of the organization's facilities in Sugar Land.
