Brett Sholtis

@BrettSholtis

Investigative reporter on democracy @LancasterOnline | prev: health reporter @WITF & for @NPR | 21-22 Rosalynn Carter fellow | ARNG vet | @brettsholtis.bsky.soc

Pennsylvania, USA

Joined October 2011

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Brett Sholtis@BrettSholtis · Feb 4

Today we unionized @LancasterOnline. It was a blowout — 39 yes votes, 10 no, four votes challenged — and it makes us the 2nd-largest org in the @PhillyNewsGuild , after the Inquirer. Our news org, in a very classy move, hired a reporter to cover the vote: lancasteronline.com/news/local/new…

BrettSholtis's tweet card. A strong majority of journalists at LNP | LancasterOnline and partner WITF, the National Public Radio station headquartered in Harrisburg, voted Monday to form a union.

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Barry Bowen@barrybowen · Jun 2

Former volunteers of Sean Feucht Ministries launched a whistleblower website that could serve as a template for future ministry whistleblowers. They are alleging financial crimes have been committed, Feucht is abusive towards volunteers and board members provide no…

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Brett Sholtis@BrettSholtis · Apr 4

New from me @LancasterOnline : 'Migrant children, teens in Lancaster County at risk of deportation after Trump administration cuts funds' lancasteronline.com/news/migrant-c…

BrettSholtis's tweet card. Hanny is not her real name.

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Brett Sholtis@BrettSholtis · Mar 31

Lawyers question Daryl Heller over family gifts, business entities at personal bankruptcy meeting @LancasterOnline lancasteronline.com/news/lawyers-q…

BrettSholtis's tweet card. To the lawyers who say Daryl Heller owes their clients money, no aspect of the Lancaster County businessman’s finances was off limits — not even the grapes growing in his

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Gillian McGoldrick@gill_mcgoldrick · Mar 26

Democrats??? Celebrating??? In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania???? inquirer.com/news/pennsylva…

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Brett Sholtis@BrettSholtis · Mar 21

Daryl Heller, who owes investors $138M, has faced lawsuits, but no criminal charges. But today he hired a N.J. criminal law firm for “pre-indictment legal services relating to securities, wire and mail fraud," signaling that he may expect that to change. lancasteronline.com/news/daryl-hel…

BrettSholtis's tweet card. A federal bankruptcy judge today granted Lititz-based businessman Daryl Heller’s request to hire a New Jersey firm with a background in criminal law.

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Brett Sholtis@BrettSholtis · Mar 21

Good resource, here

DDanielle Ohl@DTOhl · Mar 21

Over the course of my reporting, I was repeatedly frustrated by incomplete or inconsistent data published on the board website. So, I decided to get my own. Today, @SpotlightPA published data on all commutations votes taken since 2000. spotlightpa.org/news/2025/03/p…

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