Maayan Schechter
Maayan Schechter
Reporter, Producer
Maayan Schechter (My-yahn Schek-ter) is a news reporter with SC Public Radio and ETV. She worked at South Carolina newspapers for a decade, previously working as a reporter and then editor of The State’s S.C. State House and politics team, and as a reporter at the Aiken Standard and the Greenville News. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina-Asheville in 2013.
Stories
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Lawmakers look for roads fix as SC population projected to hit 6.6M residents by 2040
December 08, 2025South Carolina is growing. So much so that the state's Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office projects the population will grow 29% over 20 years — from 5.1 million people back in 2020 to 6.6 million residents in 2040. -
State Election Commission interim director chosen to lead SC agency
December 04, 2025The interim director of the State Election Commission was chosen on Tuesday to lead the South Carolina agency full time. A State Election Commission spokesman said board members voted unanimously to promote Jenny Wooten to executive director. -
SC education agency requests $150M to help raise teachers' minimum pay to $50,500
November 25, 2025In his 2019 State of the State address, fresh into his first full four-year term, Gov. Henry McMaster called on the Legislature to invest in teachers. -
Ex-SC GOP Rep. RJ May charged with failing to pay state income taxes for 3 years
November 21, 2025Former South Carolina Republican Rep. RJ May, who is awaiting federal sentencing for child sexual abuse material charges, faces additional charges by the state's revenue department for failing to file and pay his state income taxes for three years. -
Restrictive anti-abortion bill splits SC Senate Republicans, fails to advance
November 18, 2025A restrictive abortion bill that would ban abortion at conception and remove nearly all of the exceptions allowed under the state's current six-week law failed to win enough support on Wednesday to move to the full Senate Medical Affairs Committee. -
South Carolina's former DSS director talks future of SNAP
November 10, 2025One in eight low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. And that includes more than 556,000 South Carolinians.