diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 82b1af4..0c32f92 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,30 +1,54 @@
 language: r
 
+r:
+  - release
+  - devel
+
 sudo: required
+dist: trusty
 
-cache: packages
+cache:
+  - packages
+  - ccache
 
-dist: trusty
+latex: false
+
+r_github_packages:
+  - r-dbi/DBI
+  - r-dbi/RPostgres
+  - r-lib/covr
+  - r-spatial/lwgeom
+  - r-spatial/stars
+
+addons:
+  postgresql: "9.6"
+  apt:
+    sources:
+      - sourceline: 'ppa:opencpu/jq'
+      - sourceline: 'ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable'
+      - sourceline: 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg main'
+        key_url: 'https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc'
+    packages:
+      - libprotobuf-dev
+      - protobuf-compiler
+      - libv8-3.14-dev
+      - libjq-dev
+      - libudunits2-dev
+      - libproj-dev
+      - libgeos-dev
+      - libspatialite-dev
+      - libgdal-dev
+      - libjson-c-dev
+      - libnetcdf-dev
+      - netcdf-bin
+      - postgresql-server-dev-9.6
 
 before_install:
-  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable --yes
-  - sudo apt-get --yes --force-yes update -qq
-  # install tmap dependencies
-  - sudo apt-get install --yes libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libv8-3.14-dev
-  # install tmap dependencies; for 16.04 libjq-dev this ppa is needed:
-  - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:opencpu/jq
-  - sudo apt-get --yes --force-yes update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install libjq-dev
-  # units/udunits2 dependency:
-  - sudo apt-get install --yes libudunits2-dev
-  # sf dependencies:
-  - sudo apt-get install --yes libproj-dev libgeos-dev libgdal-dev
-  # postgis source compile dependencies:
-  - sudo apt-get --yes install libjson-c-dev postgresql-server-dev-9.6
-  # install postgis from source:
-  - wget http://download.osgeo.org/postgis/source/postgis-2.3.2.tar.gz
-  - (mv postgis* /tmp; cd /tmp; tar xzf postgis-2.3.2.tar.gz)
-  - (cd /tmp/postgis-2.3.2 ; ./configure; make; sudo make install)
+  # install postgis from source, to avoid dependency conflict with GDAL >= 2.0:
+  - wget http://download.osgeo.org/postgis/source/postgis-2.4.3.tar.gz
+  - (mv postgis* /tmp; cd /tmp; tar xzf postgis-2.4.3.tar.gz)
+  - (cd /tmp/postgis-2.4.3 ; ./configure; make; sudo make install)
+
   # activate liblwgeom by:
   - sudo ldconfig
   # create postgis databases:
@@ -32,21 +56,21 @@ before_install:
   - createdb postgis
   - psql -d postgis -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis;"
   - psql -d postgis -c "GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE postgis TO travis"
+  - psql -d postgis -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO travis"
   - createdb empty
   - psql -d empty -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis;"
-
-
-addons:
-  postgresql: "9.6"
-
-r:
- - oldrel
- - release
- - devel
+  - R -q -e 'install.packages("remotes"); remotes::install_github("ropenscilabs/tic"); tic::prepare_all_stages()'
 
 after_success:
   - dropdb postgis
+  - dropdb empty
   - createdb postgis
   - psql -d postgis -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis;"
   - psql -d postgis -c "GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE postgis TO travis"
-  - Rscript -e 'covr::codecov()'
+  - psql -d postgis -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO travis"
+  - createdb empty
+  - psql -d empty -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis;"
+  - R -q -e 'covr::codecov(quiet = FALSE)'
+
+install: R -q -e 'tic::install()'
+script: R -q -e 'tic::script()'
diff --git a/R/agd-ipt.r b/R/agd-ipt.r
index c54322f..c8c3e00 100644
--- a/R/agd-ipt.r
+++ b/R/agd-ipt.r
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #'        to a year.
 #' @export
 #' @examples
-#' age_group_distribution(years=2015)
+#' agd <- age_group_distribution(years=2015)
 age_group_distribution <- function(years = NULL) {
 
   httr::GET(
diff --git a/R/geographic-spread.R b/R/geographic-spread.R
index 88afd72..b23d351 100644
--- a/R/geographic-spread.R
+++ b/R/geographic-spread.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #'        to a year.
 #' @export
 #' @examples \dontrun{
-#' geographic_spread()
+#' gs <- geographic_spread()
 #' }
 geographic_spread <- function(years=NULL) {
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ geographic_spread <- function(years=NULL) {
 
   res <- httr::content(res, as="parsed", flatten=TRUE)
 
-  xdf <- dplyr::bind_rows(res$datadownload)
+  suppressMessages(suppressWarnings(xdf <- dplyr::bind_rows(res$datadownload)))
   xdf$weekend <- as.Date(xdf$weekend, format="%B-%d-%Y")
 
   xdf
diff --git a/R/get-flu-data.r b/R/get-flu-data.r
index acccdb9..1ed8d0e 100644
--- a/R/get-flu-data.r
+++ b/R/get-flu-data.r
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
 #'       servers to crunch the data. Wrap the function call in \code{httr::with_verbose}
 #'       if you would like to see what's going on.
 #' @export
-#' @examples \dontrun{
-#' flu <- get_flu_data("hhs", 1:10, c("who", "ilinet"), years=2000:2014)
-#' }
 get_flu_data <- function(region="hhs", sub_region=1:10,
                          data_source="ilinet",
                          years=as.numeric(format(Sys.Date(), "%Y"))) {
diff --git a/R/get-hosp-data.r b/R/get-hosp-data.r
index f27af0a..158b4fd 100644
--- a/R/get-hosp-data.r
+++ b/R/get-hosp-data.r
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #' @export
 #' @examples \dontrun{
 #' # All of FluSurv-NET, 50-64 years old, 2010/11-2014/15 flu seasons
-#' flu <- get_hosp_data("flusurvnet", "50-64y", years=2010:2014)
+#' hosp <- get_hosp_data("flusurvnet", "50-64y", years=2010:2014)
 #' }
 get_hosp_data <- function(area="flusurvnet", age_group="overall",
                           years=as.numeric(format(Sys.Date(), "%Y")) - 1) {
diff --git a/R/get-state-data.r b/R/get-state-data.r
index 424535b..2f6b764 100644
--- a/R/get-state-data.r
+++ b/R/get-state-data.r
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
 #'       is not due to a large download size, but the time it takes for their
 #'       servers to crunch the data. Wrap the function call in \code{httr::with_verbose}
 #'       if you would like to see what's going on.
-#' @examples 
-#' get_state_data(2014)
+#' @examples
+#' state_data <- get_state_data(2014)
 #' \dontrun{
-#' get_state_data(c(2013, 2014))
-#' get_state_data(2010:2014)
-#' httr::with_verbose(get_state_data(2009:2015))
+#' gsd <- get_state_data(c(2013, 2014))
+#' gsd <- get_state_data(2010:2014)
 #' }
 get_state_data <- function(years=as.numeric(format(Sys.Date(), "%Y"))) {
 
diff --git a/R/get-weekly-flu-report.r b/R/get-weekly-flu-report.r
index 006fb03..db79642 100644
--- a/R/get-weekly-flu-report.r
+++ b/R/get-weekly-flu-report.r
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #'         \code{label}, \code{subtitle}
 #' @export
 #' @examples \dontrun{
-#' get_weekly_flu_report()
+#' wfr <- get_weekly_flu_report()
 #' }
 get_weekly_flu_report <- function() {
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ get_weekly_flu_report <- function() {
   # for each period extract the state information and
   # shove it all into a data frame
   pb <- dplyr::progress_estimated(length(periods))
+
+  suppressWarnings(suppressMessages(
   purrr::map_df(periods, function(period) {
 
     pb$tick()$print()
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ get_weekly_flu_report <- function() {
       subtitle = period["subtitle"]
     )
 
-  }) -> out
+  }) -> out))
 
   class(out) <- c("cdcweeklyreport", class(out))
 
diff --git a/R/hospital.r b/R/hospital.r
index a935527..3cb1128 100644
--- a/R/hospital.r
+++ b/R/hospital.r
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #' @references
 #' - [Hospital Portal](https://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Fluview/FluHospRates.html)
 #' @export
-#' @examples 
+#' @examples
 #' hosp_fs <- hospitalizations("flusurv", years=2015)
 #' \dontrun{
 #' hosp_eip <- hospitalizations("eip")
@@ -76,16 +76,17 @@ hospitalizations <- function(surveillance_area=c("flusurv", "eip", "ihsp"),
 
   ser_names <- unlist(hosp$res$busdata$datafields, use.names = FALSE)
 
-  mmwr_df <- bind_rows(hosp$res$mmwr)
+  suppressWarnings(suppressMessages(mmwr_df <- dplyr::bind_rows(hosp$res$mmwr)))
   mmwr_df <- mmwr_df[,c("mmwrid", "weekend", "weeknumber", "weekstart", "year",
                         "yearweek", "seasonid", "weekendlabel", "weekendlabel2")]
 
+  suppressMessages(suppressWarnings(
   dplyr::bind_rows(lapply(hosp$res$busdata$dataseries, function(.x) {
     tdf <- dplyr::bind_rows(lapply(.x$data, function(.x) setNames(.x, ser_names)))
     tdf$age <- .x$age
     tdf$season <- .x$season
     tdf
-  })) -> xdf
+  })) -> xdf))
 
   dplyr::left_join(xdf, mmwr_df, c("mmwrid", "weeknumber")) %>%
     dplyr::left_join(age_df, "age") %>%
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ hospitalizations <- function(surveillance_area=c("flusurv", "eip", "ihsp"),
 #' @md
 #' @export
 #' @examples
-#' surveillance_areas()
+#' sa <- surveillance_areas()
 surveillance_areas <- function() {
   meta <- jsonlite::fromJSON("https://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Flu3/GetPhase03InitApp?appVersion=Public")
   xdf <- setNames(meta$catchments[,c("name", "area")], c("surveillance_area", "region"))
diff --git a/R/ili-weekly-state.r b/R/ili-weekly-state.r
index 3ec0edb..b6e757c 100644
--- a/R/ili-weekly-state.r
+++ b/R/ili-weekly-state.r
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #' with data presented by the state likely being the more complete.
 #' @export
 #' @examples \dontrun{
-#' ili_weekly_activity_indicators(2016)
+#' iwai <- ili_weekly_activity_indicators(2016)
 #' }
 ili_weekly_activity_indicators <- function(years=NULL) {
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ili_weekly_activity_indicators <- function(years=NULL) {
 #' @md
 #' @export
 #' @examples
-#' state_data_providers()
+#' sdp <- state_data_providers()
 state_data_providers <- function() {
 
   jsonlite::fromJSON("https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluView1/Phase1IniP") %>%
diff --git a/R/ilinet.r b/R/ilinet.r
index a5a0db1..1c43b24 100644
--- a/R/ilinet.r
+++ b/R/ilinet.r
@@ -28,11 +28,8 @@
 #' census_ili <- ilinet("census")
 #' state_ili <- ilinet("state")
 #'
-#' library(purrr)
-#' map_df(
-#'   c("national", "hhs", "census", "state"),
-#'   ~ ilinet(.x)
-#' )
+#' all_ili <- suppressWarnings(
+#'   suppressMessages(purrr::map_df(c("national", "hhs", "census", "state"), ilinet)))
 #' }
 ilinet <- function(region = c("national", "hhs", "census", "state"), years = NULL) {
 
diff --git a/R/mmwr-map.r b/R/mmwr-map.r
index e603509..2512b90 100644
--- a/R/mmwr-map.r
+++ b/R/mmwr-map.r
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ NULL
 #' @return data frame (tibble)
 #' @export
 #' @examples
-#' mmwr_week(Sys.Date())
+#' mwk <- mmwr_week(Sys.Date())
 mmwr_week <- function(x) {
   x <- as.Date(x)
   x <- setNames(MMWRweek::MMWRweek(x), c("mmwr_year", "mmwr_week", "mmwr_day"))
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ mmwr_week <- function(x) {
 #' @return ordered factor
 #' @export
 #' @examples
-#' mmwr_weekday(Sys.Date())
+#' mwday <- mmwr_weekday(Sys.Date())
 mmwr_weekday <- function(x, abbr = FALSE) {
   x <- as.Date(x)
   x <- MMWRweek::MMWRweekday(x)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ mmwr_weekday <- function(x, abbr = FALSE) {
 #' @return vector of `Date` objects
 #' @export
 #' @examples
-#' mmwr_week_to_date(2016,10,3)
+#' mwd <- mmwr_week_to_date(2016,10,3)
 mmwr_week_to_date <- function(year, week, day=NULL) {
 
   year <- as.numeric(year)
diff --git a/R/pi-mortality.r b/R/pi-mortality.r
index bd5a5e2..d385bc3 100644
--- a/R/pi-mortality.r
+++ b/R/pi-mortality.r
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ pi_mortality <- function(coverage_area=c("national", "state", "region"), years=N
 
   res <- httr::content(res, as="parsed", flatten=TRUE)
 
-  dplyr::bind_rows(res$seasons) %>%
+  suppressWarnings(suppressMessages(dplyr::bind_rows(res$seasons) %>%
     dplyr::left_join(mapcode_df, "map_code") %>%
     dplyr::left_join(geo_df, "geoid") %>%
     dplyr::left_join(age_df, "ageid") %>%
-    dplyr::left_join(dplyr::mutate(mmwrid_map, mmwrid=as.character(mmwrid)), "mmwrid") -> xdf
+    dplyr::left_join(dplyr::mutate(mmwrid_map, mmwrid=as.character(mmwrid)), "mmwrid") -> xdf))
 
   xdf <- dplyr::mutate(xdf, coverage_area = coverage_area)
 
diff --git a/R/zzz.r b/R/zzz.r
index 861dd5a..727bb77 100644
--- a/R/zzz.r
+++ b/R/zzz.r
@@ -7,8 +7,4 @@
                                  "See https://github.com/hrbrmstr/cdcfluview for info/news."))
   }
 
-  # packageStartupMessage(paste0("cdcfluview is under *active* development. ",
-  #                              "There are numerous changes & dprecations.\n",
-  #                              "See https://github.com/hrbrmstr/cdcfluview for info/news."))
-
 } # nocov end
diff --git a/man/age_group_distribution.Rd b/man/age_group_distribution.Rd
index d462f31..05e8e62 100644
--- a/man/age_group_distribution.Rd
+++ b/man/age_group_distribution.Rd
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public health laboratories by influenza virus type and subtype/lineage. Laborato
 from multiple seasons and different age groups is provided.
 }
 \examples{
-age_group_distribution(years=2015)
+agd <- age_group_distribution(years=2015)
 }
 \references{
 \itemize{
diff --git a/man/geographic_spread.Rd b/man/geographic_spread.Rd
index e83907f..360f8e0 100644
--- a/man/geographic_spread.Rd
+++ b/man/geographic_spread.Rd
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ State and Territorial Epidemiologists Reports of Geographic Spread of Influenza
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
-geographic_spread()
+gs <- geographic_spread()
 }
 }
diff --git a/man/get_flu_data.Rd b/man/get_flu_data.Rd
index 8a012e6..fc0904e 100644
--- a/man/get_flu_data.Rd
+++ b/man/get_flu_data.Rd
@@ -48,8 +48,3 @@ There is often a noticeable delay when making the API request to the CDC.
       servers to crunch the data. Wrap the function call in \code{httr::with_verbose}
       if you would like to see what's going on.
 }
-\examples{
-\dontrun{
-flu <- get_flu_data("hhs", 1:10, c("who", "ilinet"), years=2000:2014)
-}
-}
diff --git a/man/get_hosp_data.Rd b/man/get_hosp_data.Rd
index c841c1e..b4c4e08 100644
--- a/man/get_hosp_data.Rd
+++ b/man/get_hosp_data.Rd
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ There is often a noticeable delay when making the API request to the CDC.
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
 # All of FluSurv-NET, 50-64 years old, 2010/11-2014/15 flu seasons
-flu <- get_hosp_data("flusurvnet", "50-64y", years=2010:2014)
+hosp <- get_hosp_data("flusurvnet", "50-64y", years=2010:2014)
 }
 }
diff --git a/man/get_state_data.Rd b/man/get_state_data.Rd
index 075f29c..3a34cb7 100644
--- a/man/get_state_data.Rd
+++ b/man/get_state_data.Rd
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ There is often a noticeable delay when making the API request to the CDC. This
       if you would like to see what's going on.
 }
 \examples{
-get_state_data(2014)
+state_data <- get_state_data(2014)
 \dontrun{
-get_state_data(c(2013, 2014))
-get_state_data(2010:2014)
-httr::with_verbose(get_state_data(2009:2015))
+gsd <- get_state_data(c(2013, 2014))
+gsd <- get_state_data(2010:2014)
 }
 }
diff --git a/man/get_weekly_flu_report.Rd b/man/get_weekly_flu_report.Rd
index 5f4963a..0e0c8fc 100644
--- a/man/get_weekly_flu_report.Rd
+++ b/man/get_weekly_flu_report.Rd
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ the reporting source metadata and a limit on the historical flu information.
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
-get_weekly_flu_report()
+wfr <- get_weekly_flu_report()
 }
 }
 \references{
diff --git a/man/ili_weekly_activity_indicators.Rd b/man/ili_weekly_activity_indicators.Rd
index 011e37f..2f09eb7 100644
--- a/man/ili_weekly_activity_indicators.Rd
+++ b/man/ili_weekly_activity_indicators.Rd
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ with data presented by the state likely being the more complete.
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
-ili_weekly_activity_indicators(2016)
+iwai <- ili_weekly_activity_indicators(2016)
 }
 }
 \references{
diff --git a/man/ilinet.Rd b/man/ilinet.Rd
index d631563..3fabd3d 100644
--- a/man/ilinet.Rd
+++ b/man/ilinet.Rd
@@ -33,11 +33,8 @@ hhs_ili <- ilinet("hhs")
 census_ili <- ilinet("census")
 state_ili <- ilinet("state")
 
-library(purrr)
-map_df(
-  c("national", "hhs", "census", "state"),
-  ~ ilinet(.x)
-)
+all_ili <- suppressWarnings(
+  suppressMessages(purrr::map_df(c("national", "hhs", "census", "state"), ilinet)))
 }
 }
 \references{
diff --git a/man/mmwr_week.Rd b/man/mmwr_week.Rd
index fbc7e53..63a97b3 100644
--- a/man/mmwr_week.Rd
+++ b/man/mmwr_week.Rd
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ This is a reformat and re-export of a function in the \code{MMWRweek} package.
 It provides a snake case version of its counterpart, produces a \code{tibble}
 }
 \examples{
-mmwr_week(Sys.Date())
+mwk <- mmwr_week(Sys.Date())
 }
diff --git a/man/mmwr_week_to_date.Rd b/man/mmwr_week_to_date.Rd
index 10d8c59..87b7852 100644
--- a/man/mmwr_week_to_date.Rd
+++ b/man/mmwr_week_to_date.Rd
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ of \code{Date} objects that corresponds to the input MMWR year+week or year+week
 vectors. This also adds some parameter checking and cleanup to avoid exceptions.
 }
 \examples{
-mmwr_week_to_date(2016,10,3)
+mwd <- mmwr_week_to_date(2016,10,3)
 }
diff --git a/man/mmwr_weekday.Rd b/man/mmwr_weekday.Rd
index 743a946..e4cfb01 100644
--- a/man/mmwr_weekday.Rd
+++ b/man/mmwr_weekday.Rd
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ Weekday names are explicitly mapped to "Sunday-Saturday" or "Sun-Sat" and
 do not change with your locale.
 }
 \examples{
-mmwr_weekday(Sys.Date())
+mwday <- mmwr_weekday(Sys.Date())
 }
diff --git a/man/state_data_providers.Rd b/man/state_data_providers.Rd
index 1d860bb..98237a2 100644
--- a/man/state_data_providers.Rd
+++ b/man/state_data_providers.Rd
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ state_data_providers()
 Retrieve metadata about U.S. State CDC Provider Data
 }
 \examples{
-state_data_providers()
+sdp <- state_data_providers()
 }
diff --git a/man/surveillance_areas.Rd b/man/surveillance_areas.Rd
index 686f8ca..ae05c7e 100644
--- a/man/surveillance_areas.Rd
+++ b/man/surveillance_areas.Rd
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ surveillance_areas()
 Retrieve a list of valid sub-regions for each surveillance area.
 }
 \examples{
-surveillance_areas()
+sa <- surveillance_areas()
 }