Brigid Schulte
Reporter

Brigid Schulte is an enterprise reporter on the local staff. She writes stories that capture the way we live now and has reported on dying bats, early spring blooms, potty training controversies and adult women being diagnosed with ADHD in droves. She has also written about education and was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for covering the Virginia Tech massacre. She came to the Post in 1999 after working as a national correspondent for Knight-Ridder Newspapers’ Washington Bureau and a stint covering southern politics. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and two children.

Latest by Brigid Schulte

HHS announces first federal child-care regulations

New federal safety regulations would supersede state laws in child-care facilities that receive subsidies.

D.C. parents miss work, lose jobs trying to get child-care subsidy

D.C. parents miss work, lose jobs trying to get child-care subsidy

Once families beat the complex rules and inadequate funding, they find few centers accept subsidies.

Va. Tech President Steger to step down

Va. Tech President Steger to step down

Charles Steger oversaw the school’s growth but drew criticism for its response to the 2007 massacre.

D.C. Council strips controversial homeless proposals from budget

The council will hold hearings on moving the homeless out of shelters and into “rapid rehousing.”