Winner – The Dallas Morning News
- Contributor – The Dallas Morning News staff
- Judges’ Comments – The Dallas Morning News entry excelled in a category of strong entries by showcasing an impressive range of well-reported and written stories on Texas business and state government policies. The entry includes a searing account of the death of an ailing two-year-old foster child, showing how Texas has failed its most vulnerable children through a switch to private managed care. Other stories reveal a natural gas company involved in a series of fatal explosions in local homes that remains unchecked by regulators and an inside look at Dallas’ failed efforts to woo Amazon’s second headquarters.
Honorable Mention – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Contributor – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Judges’ Comments – The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a wide range of outstanding, highly readable stories on Wisconsin business developments. They included a quick analysis of Harley-Davidson’s decision to move some of its production overseas, a look at a farmer who became a millionaire selling land for the Foxconn plant and a moving portrait of the serious financial crisis facing Wisconsin’s dairy farmers. The paper also went outside its region to show that travel agents have failed to warn U.S. consumers of a crime wave at Mexican resorts.
