Paul Flahive
Accountability Reporterpaul@tpr.org
Paul 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 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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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 enfrenta acusación de desacato por fallas en bienestar infantil. -
Defensa presentará su caso en juicio por desnutrición severa de niño de 4 años de San Antonio. -
The Bexar County Chief Medical Examiner said starvation killed Benjamin Cervera and ruled it a homicide more than two years ago. -
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will be fined $100,000 a day until it comes into compliance on two remedial court orders.
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After four days of compelling and heartbreaking testimony, Miranda Casarez’s attorneys have a difficult job of changing the narrative.
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Los lamentos de un niño sacuden la sala del tribunal mientras comienza juicio en caso de muerte por "inanición." -
Benjamin Cervera, 4, was 28 pounds when he died of malnourishment. Stepmother’s attorney said the story is far more complex and that the family had sought medical help before.
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El jurado de Ruiz tardó aproximadamente una hora en declararlo culpable y sentenciarlo a cadena perpetua, reflexiona un miembro del jurado. -
Kelsey Malone was juror number 2 in the abuse death trial of Mercedes Losoya. He reflected on the impact of five days of grisly testimony and tear-filled remembrances on the 12 people who decided Jose Angel Ruiz's fate.
