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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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.
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Supporters argue it would save women time and money by saving them additional trips to the physician.
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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.
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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.
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A proposal moving through the South Carolina Senate aims to incentivize students to take those jobs.
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One of the key markers of school accountability across the country is the percentage of students who graduate high school in four years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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State lawmakers are back to work in Columbia, beginning their 2022 legislative session Tuesday afternoon.
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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.
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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.
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The interim president of South Carolina State University said the college is preparing for a historic visit from President Joe Biden on Friday.
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The South Carolina Department of Education presented the findings from its review into how districts select books for their school libraries.
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The committee made its recommendations Monday for Education Improvement Act funding, from the state’s one-cent sale tax that specifically supports public education.
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A bipartisan bill proposed in the South Carolina State House aims to better hold perpetrators of domestic violence accountable.
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A controversial bill banning some vaccine mandates in South Carolina passed the House of Representatives after several hours of debate Thursday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.