Mary Green
State House Reporter at WIS-TV (Columbia, SC)
State House Reporter at WCSC-TV (Charleston, SC)
SC State House Reporter for @WIS10 - @Live5News - @wmbfnews - @WTOC11 - @FoxCarolinaNews - @WBTV_News - @WRDW_WAGT | @NotreDame grad
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2 weeks ago |
wistv.com | Michael Owens |Mary Green
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Calls are now coming from inside the South Carolina State House to expel a lawmaker indicted on federal charges. Rep. RJ May (R-Lexington) was arrested Wednesday and charged with 10 counts of distributing child sexual abuse material. On Friday, South Carolina House Majority Leader Davey Hiott (R-Pickens) filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee to begin the process of having May expelled from the chamber.
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wistv.com | Mary Green |Michael Owens
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A South Carolina lawmaker is behind bars in the Midlands. Records show state Rep. Robert “RJ” May was arrested Wednesday and booked at the Lexington County Detention Center. May’s listing included the term “HOLD FOR DUSM” - meaning that he is being held for the United States Marshals Service. The listing was later removed from the county’s booking website. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina declined to comment.
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foxcarolina.com | Mary Green |Patrick Phillips |Jeffrey Collins
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - A South Carolina lawmaker is suing the state in an attempt to halt a nearly $20,000 annual pay raise for members of the General Assembly. Sen. Wes Climer, R – York, and retired educator Carol Herring, who lives in Climer’s district, filed the lawsuit last Friday, attorney and former Democratic state Sen. Dick Harpootlian said. That same day, the South Carolina Supreme Court set a deadline for the state to respond by next Monday.
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live5news.com | Mary Green |Patrick Phillips |Jeffrey Collins
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has given the state a deadline to respond to an attempt to block pay raises approved in the new budget for state lawmakers. Sen. Wes Climer, R-York and retired educator Carol Herring filed the lawsuit last Friday, attorney and former state Sen. Dick Harpootlian said. That same day, the South Carolina Supreme Court set a deadline for the state to respond by next Monday.
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live5news.com | Mary Green |Patrick Phillips |Jeffrey Collins
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - A South Carolina senator who filed a legal challenge to a pay raise for state lawmakers will explain the reasons for the challenge Monday afternoon. Sen. Wes Climer, R-York, attorney and former state Sen. Dick Harpootlian and Carol Herring plan to discuss the case at noon. The General Assembly passed the state’s budget, which included what is essentially an $18,000-a-year raise for all of its members.
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Update: Judge Shiva Hodges has ordered RJ May remain in jail, pending trial — citing the weight of evidence against him and the danger she believes he poses to his children and other children. May is suspended from his SC House seat w/out pay, per state law upon indictment. https://t.co/tfp0rAqQAF
BREAKING: Federal indictment shows SC Rep. RJ May (R-Lexington) is facing 10 counts of distribution of child sex abuse material. Indictment alleges May used aliases including “joebidennnn69” on the social media app Kik and “knowingly did distribute child pornography.” https://t.co/jJ2JgpXLMd
SC Supreme Court’s ruling: “While we do not frame our holding today in the shorthand terms of a number of weeks, the biologically identifiable moment in time we hold is the ‘fetal heartbeat’ under the 2023 Act occurs in most instances at approximately six weeks of pregnancy.” https://t.co/RBLfPt9l2Q
SC Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the state’s abortion law for the third time in less than three years on Feb. 12 — abortion providers are asking justices to allow abortions in SC through ~9 weeks into a pregnancy, instead of the current ~6-week limit ⬇️ https://t.co/pUZ0EOIWtk
RT @JSCollinsAP: South Carolina Statehouse press crew 2025. They keep me young. 🙃 https://t.co/oDuC4O2eaT