Gold

“Denied: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Children Out of Special Education”

Houston Chronicle

Silver

“Big Buses, Bigger Problems: Investigating DCS” KXAS-TV (NBC 5)

“Unlivable: How Texas fails farmworkers” Austin American-Statesman

“Hell and High Water” ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

Special Recognition

“CPS Crisis” The Dallas Morning News

“Minds That Matter” Victoria Advocate

Other Entrants

“A New Kind of Madness: 50th Anniversary of UT Tower Shooting” Austin American-Statesman

“Silent Majority / Mayoría Silenciosa: Texas’ booming Hispanic population deeply underrepresented in local politics” Austin American-Statesman and Ahora Sí

“Six days after reporting domestic violence, Noemi Villarreal was dead” Corpus Christi Caller-Times/Gannett

“Rolling Up on Dixon Circle” The Dallas Morning News

$“Seismic denial? Why Texas won’t admit fracking wastewater is causing earthquakes” The Dallas Morning News$

“Seismic denial? Why Texas won’t admit fracking wastewater is causing earthquakes” The Dallas Morning News

“The Long Way Home” The Dallas Morning News

“Chemical Breakdown: Deadly Accidents, No Answers” Houston Chronicle

“Police in Texas shot 159 people over the past year as Houston led all cities in shootings so far” Houston Chronicle

“Uncovered: No Job. No Insurance. No Chance at Obamacare. No Safety Net in Texas. Welcome to Cuero.” Houston Chronicle

“One Crisis Away: Rebuilding A Life” KERA

“Investigation of County Judge Joel Baker” KLTV-TV

“Austin mother works to bring deaf community together” KVUE-TV

“Body of Evidence: A Medical Examiner’s Missteps” KXAN-TV

“Border Splurge: Texas’ Billion-dollar Drug War” KXAN-TV

“Demanding Action: Austin’s ADA Lawsuit Industry” KXAN-TV

“Justice Unraveled: How flawed forensics are impacting high-profile cases” KXAN-TV

“Most consumers not getting refunds when state cracks down on bad businesses” KXAN-TV

“EXCLUSIVE: Tyler woman’s criminal case botched” KYTX (CBS19)

“Questioning the Smith County Community Supervision and Corrections Department” KYTX (CBS19)

“Direct 911 dialing Kari’s Law goes into effect Thursday” Marshall News Messenger

“A Bankrupt Frac-Sand company, Millions in Losses, a Texas State Senator and the FBI Name(s) of Reporters” San Antonio Express-News

“The End of the Road” San Antonio Express-News

“The Endless After-War” San Antonio Express-News

“The Next Million” San Antonio Express-News

“Trapped in a dying body: How ALS robbed Walter Root” San Antonio Express-News

“U.S. Highway 281 has had more than 100 accidents in the last year” Texan News Service

“As the Population Grows the American Dream of Affordable Housing Fades” Texas Public Radio

“Lessons Learned From A Night In The Bexar County Jail; Anti-Suicide Effort Is A 24/7 Job” Texas Public Radio

“Preparing for Zika in Texas” Texas Public Radio

“A Life Sentence” Victoria Advocate

“WFAA-TV Innovates” WFAA-TV

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