Mary Green
Reporter
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Mary Green covers the South Carolina State House for WIS and our sister stations WCSC in Charleston, WHNS in Greenville, WMBF in Myrtle Beach, WTOC in Savannah, WRDW in Augusta, and WBTV in Charlotte.
Prior to moving to Columbia, Mary reported for KCRG in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and WFXL in Albany, Georgia.
She was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, and attended the University of Notre Dame (go Irish!).
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By Mary Green and Debra Worley
A law written into the current state budget directs the South Carolina Department of Education to develop the regulations for a required high school course in personal finance by the end of September, to be approved by the State Board of Education.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Smaller numbers of these ticks were found in 2020 on dogs at shelters in Pickens and Lancaster counties before the York infestation was identified last month.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Most abortions in South Carolina are now prohibited after six weeks, the state’s new law does allow for exceptions for rape and incest at up to 20 weeks.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 10:24 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina leaders say the state’s expansive military presence is a vital part of its economy, and new figures reveal just how much.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 8:05 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster and former state superintendents of education had called the way South Carolina previously funded its schools “opaque,” “convoluted,” and “fractured.”
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 8:23 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Along with expanding background checks for younger potential gun buyers, incentivizing states to establish red-flag laws, and putting more money toward mental health resources, the law closes the “boyfriend loophole” at the federal level.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:26 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Per an agreement, 92% of South Carolina’s portion must be spent on combatting the opioid epidemic in the state.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 11:32 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press and Mary Green
The decision shocked leaders in the state Senate and may have repercussions well beyond failing to make South Carolina one of about 40 states allowing patients to use marijuana as medicine.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 8:15 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Supporters argue it would save women time and money by saving them additional trips to the physician.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:29 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
After a routine vote in the state Senate on Thursday, a significant early voting bill has now passed both chambers of the South Carolina State House with bipartisan backing and without getting a single vote against it.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 8:04 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The Democratic National Committee is shaking up its nomination process to allow any state to make the case they should be one of the first to hold a primary or caucus.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A proposal moving through the South Carolina Senate aims to incentivize students to take those jobs.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 8:20 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
One of the key markers of school accountability across the country is the percentage of students who graduate high school in four years.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 8:23 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina lawmakers have less than two months left to pass one of the highest-profile bills at the State House this year: legislation to legalize medical marijuana.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 9:02 PM EST
|By Mary Green
More than $275 million will head to the Palmetto State over the next five years for bridge improvements as part of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill signed into law by President Joe Biden last year.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 10:30 PM EST
|By Mary Green
On the second day of the 2022 legislative session, lawmakers took up a controversial education bill that would give families money from the state for their children to attend private schools.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 8:24 PM EST
|By Mary Green
State lawmakers are back to work in Columbia, beginning their 2022 legislative session Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 7:40 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Nearly 800,000 boosters and third doses have been administered so far in South Carolina, and that number is expected to rise with another group becoming eligible to receive the additional shot.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:48 PM EST
|By Mary Green
The redistricting process that determines how each South Carolinian is represented on Capitol Hill continues along as lawmakers work out the final map that needs to be redrawn.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 5:31 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
The interim president of South Carolina State University said the college is preparing for a historic visit from President Joe Biden on Friday.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 11:51 PM EST
|By Mary Green
The South Carolina Department of Education presented the findings from its review into how districts select books for their school libraries.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 8:27 PM EST
|By Mary Green
The committee made its recommendations Monday for Education Improvement Act funding, from the state’s one-cent sale tax that specifically supports public education.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 9:11 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A bipartisan bill proposed in the South Carolina State House aims to better hold perpetrators of domestic violence accountable.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 9:00 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A controversial bill banning some vaccine mandates in South Carolina passed the House of Representatives after several hours of debate Thursday.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 8:01 PM EST
|By Mary Green
The pandemic has shown how critical emergency medical services are across the country. But in South Carolina and most other states, EMS is not classified as an “essential service,” as law enforcement and fire services are.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2021 at 10:39 PM EST
|By Mary Green
South Carolina’s economy is expected to be fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic next year. That’s according to the state’s 2022 Economic Outlook report from the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, released Tuesday.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 8:09 PM EST
|By Mary Green
For the first time in months, both the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate were in session in Columbia on Monday as the state’s redistricting process continues.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 9:16 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Millions of Americans rely on insulin every day to manage diabetes, but some report having to spend hundreds of dollars a month on this essential prescription.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 9:41 PM EST
|By Mary Green
South Carolina is moving closer to the finish line of its months-long redistricting process. The House of Representatives passed its new map Thursday in Columbia, updating the boundaries for the state’s 124 House districts.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 8:10 PM EST
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 10:12 PM EST
|By Mary Green
State lawmakers heard comments on South Carolina’s proposed Congressional map — all of it unsparing in criticism of the proposal.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2021 at 8:54 PM EST
|By Mary Green
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.”
Updated: Nov. 23, 2021 at 7:24 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians are expected to be on the roads for the next few days.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 7:39 PM EST
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 7:48 PM EST
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 12:02 AM EST
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2021 at 9:10 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce claims additional job vacancies show the decision to end the federal benefits was the right one.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 9:21 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
If local first responders are overwhelmed with an emergency or disaster, they call in South Carolina’s urban search and rescue team.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 10:21 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster proposed a half-billion-dollar spending plan Thursday to improve the state’s sewers, stormwater, and water systems.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 9:43 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 4:02 AM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.”
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 8:01 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 9:18 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 9:29 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 9:29 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 9:47 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 8:06 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Lawmakers face another deadline moving closer to raise the debt ceiling.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 6:50 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
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.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The recommendation followed much debate, intensifying in the last week, over who should qualify for this dose.
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