Mary Green
Reporter
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Mary Green reports for the KCRG-TV9 News at 10 p.m. — though you might also catch her at 4, 5, or 6, depending on the day.
Before moving to eastern Iowa, Mary started her career as a multimedia journalist at WFXL in Albany, Georgia, where she covered local government, tornadoes, hurricanes, and even a bit of snow.
Despite being born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Mary is no stranger to the Midwest. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame and loves to cheer on the Irish!
If you see Mary and her dog, a beagle named Chris Bosh, around town, please say hi! You can also reach her at Mary.Green@kcrg.com, or through Facebook or Twitter.
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South Carolina’s teacher shortage has worsened in the last year, with more than a thousand teaching jobs unfilled at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year across the state.
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State lawmakers heard comments on South Carolina’s proposed Congressional map — all of it unsparing in criticism of the proposal.
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Each year, Americans collectively donate hundreds of billions of dollars to charity, with much of that giving during the holiday season, according to the National Philanthropic Trust.With the season of giving now underway, Secretary of State Mark Hammond is advising South Carolinians, “Give from the heart, but please give smart.”
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Hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians are expected to be on the roads for the next few days.
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As the holiday season approaches, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is encouraging South Carolinians to take precautions against COVID-19 before and as they celebrate, citing spikes in cases following previous holidays throughout the pandemic.
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South Carolina’s redistricting process passed another major milestone Tuesday, when the House Judiciary Committee signed off on a new map for the state’s 124 House districts.
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More than $6 billion will head to South Carolina over a five-year period as part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by the House late last week, according to the White House.
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S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce claims additional job vacancies show the decision to end the federal benefits was the right one.
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DHEC has announced its support of the CDC’s sign-off on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 and is urging South Carolina parents to get their children vaccinated.
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If local first responders are overwhelmed with an emergency or disaster, they call in South Carolina’s urban search and rescue team.
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Gov. Henry McMaster proposed a half-billion-dollar spending plan Thursday to improve the state’s sewers, stormwater, and water systems.
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The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice’s acting director said her department currently has about as many job openings for juvenile corrections officers as it has officers on the job.
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Members of South Carolina’s House of Representatives are asking that a lawsuit filed against them and others regarding the state’s redistricting process be put on hold, calling the legal challenge “without question premature.”
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The federal government is warning South Carolina that it may take over enforcing workplace safety across the state, and Gov. Henry McMaster responded that the state will fight any attempt to do so.
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South Carolina is becoming one of the most popular states for Americans to move to. But commanders at some of the state’s eight military installations said this is creating problems for service members and their families looking for housing.
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South Carolina’s top educator and public health director are both encouraging more school districts to take advantage of an opportunity that can get more quarantined students back in the classroom sooner.
Drivers moving along some parts of South Carolina’s interstate highways this month may spot a plea from teachers among the many billboards dotting the roadways.
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The growth follows a year in which many students across the country were forced to learn online, and in South Carolina, thousands are sticking with that style of learning.
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Lawmakers face another deadline moving closer to raise the debt ceiling.
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Many Americans remaining unvaccinated pushes the target for herd immunity further away as the virus continues to mutate into strains that spread more easily, including the delta variant.
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The recommendation followed much debate, intensifying in the last week, over who should qualify for this dose.
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Many facilities are not requiring staff to be vaccinated at this point, and data shows a lot of those workers are choosing not to.
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Weekly school reports show those interruptions have affected tens of thousands of students and staff so far this school year, which just began about a month ago.
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Statewide testing shows African-American, Hispanic students falling further behind in SC than others
Language arts scores for Hispanic students decreased about 4%, from 36.6% in 2019 to 32.6% in 2021.
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According to SCCHC, 11 COVID-positive children were on ventilators Thursday, 14 COVID-positive children were in critical care, and 32 children were in the hospital with COVID-19.
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Among the plaintiffs is Able South Carolina, a Columbia-based nonprofit that advocates for disability rights and disability justice and provides one-on-one services.
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A temporary law written in the state budget, known as a proviso, prohibits schools and districts from using state funding to enforce mask mandates, at the risk of that funding being reduced.
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Students who were on campus last year, when a previous face-covering mandate was in place said faculty enforced it in their classrooms.
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A temporary law in the state budget, called a proviso, prohibits schools and districts from using state funding to require masks, at the risk of losing that funding.
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Benjamin said city leaders should prepare for a court battle; he believes they have jurisdiction.
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Governor McMaster has extended the deadline for federally-funded emergency supplements.
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While July 23 saw the most people receive a first dose in South Carolina since late May, there has not been enough of an increase to be statistically significant.
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The department still recommends unvaccinated people mask up indoors or in crowded, outdoor settings.
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The ASPCA reports up to 75% of cases in which a dog ingests sago palm end in death.
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Two weeks ago, Kelly said there were 19 cases per 100,000 people, and last week, that number increased to 39.