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.
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Stories
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Ex-Columbia city councilwoman wins Democratic vote for Richland County SC Senate seat
October 25, 2023Former Columbia City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine on Tuesday won a four-way Democratic primary race for an open Richland County-based Senate seat. Devine finished the race with nearly 52% of the vote, or 2,508 votes, helping her to avoid a runoff next month against... -
Mace says anti-McCarthy Republicans will take punishment if it means Jordan is speaker
October 20, 2023The U.S. House Republicans who voted this month to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy say they'll face the consequences for their vote if it means Jim Jordan's GOP critics will elect him speaker. That punishment could include censure or getting removed from the House GOP... -
Tim Scott 4th presidential candidate to file for SC's GOP primary
October 16, 2023U.S. Sen. Tim Scott on Monday filed the formal paperwork to run in South Carolina's Feb. 24 Republican presidential primary. The North Charleston Republican is now the fourth candidate to file for the first-in-the-South primary ballot. He follows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis... -
SC's Graham says Trump's swipes at Netanyahu amid Israel-Hamas war 'not helpful'
October 13, 2023U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday that now is the time to stand behind Israel in a message to Americans, Israel and South Carolinians. But the message also was in part to Graham's ally, former President Donald Trump, who's received condemnation for his recent remark that... -
'No one paints Nancy in a corner': What is Mace's political future after vote to boot McCarthy?
October 10, 2023The eight Republicans who ousted now-former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week could be key to whoever wants to be the next leader of the House. Among the dissenters was U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who told reporters that McCarthy had broken promises to her. "I... -
SC's Nancy Mace says 'we are not' traitors after 8 Republicans vote to boot McCarthy
October 04, 2023U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace on Wednesday rejected those who have labeled her and seven other House Republicans "traitors" after the group of eight backed a measure firing now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The California Republican was ousted Tuesday by a 216-210 vote after...