Anna Wilder
Political Reporter at Post and Courier
Statehouse & politics in SC w/ @postandcourier ~ past: @thestate ~ always: @TheAlligator | she/her | 🫀📰 🐊 [email protected]
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Nick Reynolds |Anna Wilder
COLUMBIA — A state lawmaker who co-founded the influential far right House Freedom Caucus inside the S.C. Legislature has been indicted on 10 counts of distributing child sexual abuse material. Lexington state Rep. Robert John "RJ" May III, 38, of West Columbia, was indicted by a grand jury seated in Greenville, a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for South Carolina released this morning states.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Nick Reynolds |Anna Wilder
COLUMBIA — Now-suspended state Rep. Robert John "RJ" May III will be held indefinitely inside the Lexington County jail after a federal magistrate denied him bond in the wake of a shocking filing of charges that centered on him allegedly sharing electronic files depicting child sexual abuse.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Nick Reynolds |Anna Wilder
COLUMBIA —State Rep. Robert John "RJ" May, a Lexington County Republican and a co-founder of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, has been arrested, jail records show. May was booked late June 11 into the Lexington County jail on a hold for the Deputy United States Marshal's office, according to Detention Center records. His name was later scrubbed from public view as media attention on the arrest increased.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Cassie Cornwell |Anna Wilder
COLUMBIA — In the last hours on the final day of the 2025-26 legislative session, lawmakers in the House pushed the Fentanyl Induced Homicide bill across the finish line. "ANOTHER WIN! Fentanyl-induced homicide passed!," Attorney General Alan Wilson, who had been a devoted supporter of the bill since its inception, posted on X. "Thanks to this bill, if you deal fentanyl and it kills someone, you'll face up to 30 years. Period. We're taking the fight to the dealers poisoning our communities.
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Anna Wilder
COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster vetoed 11 items from the recently adopted state budget while noting 80 percent of his proposals made it into the final version in "one of the best" budget's he's seen. The governor did not veto the in-district pay increases lawmakers gave themselves, which more than doubles their compensation from $12,000 to $30,000 annually.
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