Brett Sholtis | WITF
Brett Sholtis is a health reporter for WITF/Transforming Health. Sholtis is the 2021-2022 Reveal Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grantee for Mental Health Investigative Journalism with the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. His award-winning work on problem areas in mental health policy and policing helped to get a woman moved from a county jail to a psychiatric facility. Sholtis is a University of Pittsburgh graduate and a Pennsylvania Army National Guard Kosovo campaign veteran.
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Pennsylvania’s aging military veterans are waiting – sometimes for months – to get into nursing homes. WITF’s Brett Sholtis reports, the state is hoping to hire hundreds more nurses and health care workers to meet demand. -
PA House Republicans are pushing to wait until the May primary to hold two special elections in the Pittsburgh area that are likely to give Democrats majority control. -
Health experts are calling it the “tripledemic.” COVID. The flu. And the RSV respiratory virus. All hitting people at the same time. But WITF’s Brett Sholtis reports, the pandemic has taught us how to prevent the spread. -
There are three open seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives — and that means lawmakers need to schedule special elections to fill them. -
Pennsylvania’s rifle deer hunting season begins this weekend. WITF’s Brett Sholtis has the details on what to expect in the forest. -
Citing ‘conservative values,’ a town in Lancaster County plans to cut funding for the local library. WITF’s Brett Sholtis has the details. -
A midstate woman has been convicted on six federal charges for her role in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. WITF’s Brett Sholtis reports the jury did not reach a verdict on two other charges. -
For years, people with medical conditions have been frustrated by health insurance plans that won’t pay for the medications or treatments their doctors recommend. WITF’s Brett Sholtis reports, state lawmakers passed a bill that they say will change that. -
Some state lawmakers are calling for reforms days after a WITF investigation showing the widespread mistreatment of people with serious mental illness in county jails. WITF’s Brett Sholtis has the details. -
In county jails across Pennsylvania, people living with mental illness are routinely pepper-sprayed, restrained and shocked with stun guns.
