Latest from Paul Flahive

• Jan 13, 2023

  States, communities struggle to meet deadline in broadband funding process

  

  The deadline is this week to file challenges to FCC maps that will be used to dole out $42.5 billion in funding.

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• Oct 14, 2022

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

  

  Texas, for instance, sent out more than 1 million overpayment notices since the pandemic began.

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• May 12, 2018

  Neighbors are concerned SpaceX could transform South Texas

  

  Some fear noise and explosions. Others see a boost to tourism and a spot on the world map.

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• May 3, 2018

  There is a major digital divide on the Texas-Mexico border, one of least connected parts of the country

  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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• Jan 8, 2018

  Could big data unlock safer commutes for cyclists?

  

  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.

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• Dec 28, 2017

  Deadly disease research labs are so busy, they’re turning away work

  

  A number of deadly disease research labs in the U.S. are considering expanding as strained capacity has led them to turn away work.

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