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Paul Flahive

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States, communities struggle to meet deadline in broadband funding process

by Paul Flahive
Jan 13, 2023
The deadline is this week to file challenges to FCC maps that will be used to dole out $42.5 billion in funding.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act provides about $42.5 billion in funding to expand broadband access, but the application deadline is fast approaching and some states are looking for more time.
Sandra Mu/Getty Images
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COVID & Unemployment

States are being sued for trying to "claw back" pandemic unemployment benefits

by Paul Flahive
Oct 14, 2022
Texas, for instance, sent out more than 1 million overpayment notices since the pandemic began.
Texas, Rhode Island, Michigan and Maryland have been hit with lawsuits based on their claims of overpaying recipients.
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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Neighbors are concerned SpaceX could transform South Texas

by Paul Flahive
May 11, 2018
Some fear noise and explosions. Others see a boost to tourism and a spot on the world map.
The popular Boca Chica Beach sits at the end of Texas Highway 4, less than a half mile from SpaceX’s launch facility.
Paul Flahaive/Texas Public Radio
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There is a major digital divide on the Texas-Mexico border, one of least connected parts of the country

by Paul Flahive
May 3, 2018
The Texas-Mexico border is one of the least connected in the U.S. A map  from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas shows border counties bathed in bright red, meaning less than around 60 percent have home internet access. It’s a distinction shared by the Mississippi Delta and Appalachia, other parts of the country with pernicious […]
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Could big data unlock safer commutes for cyclists?

by Paul Flahive
Jan 8, 2018
There was a 64 percent increase in people biking to work between 2000-2012. With more cyclists on the roads, cities are struggling to keep up with infrastructure.
Strava interface shows San Antonio data.
Photo courtesy of Strava
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Deadly disease research labs are so busy, they're turning away work

by Paul Flahive
Dec 28, 2017
A number of deadly disease research labs in the U.S. are considering expanding as strained capacity has led them to turn away work.
Doctors research deadly pathogens like Ebola and Marburg inside the BSL-4 Lab at Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
G. Harrison, courtesy Texas Biomedical Research Institute
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