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: Mar. 22, 2023 at 7:28 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina senators are renewing a push to split up a major state agency after their efforts fell short last year.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:57 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Currently, people can buy 48 ounces of beer in a single day at a craft brewery for on-site consumption.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 4:09 PM EDT
|By Mary Green and Dylan Leatherwood
A Senate Finance panel recommends removing South Carolina’s comptroller general from office and transferring his office duties to other agencies.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 7:27 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A bill filed at the South Carolina State House would crack down on stores that illegally sell tobacco and nicotine products to kids and teens.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 10:31 PM EST
|By Mary Green
During the pandemic, many American discovered the ease of getting groceries delivered straight to their doorsteps.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 6:27 PM EST
|By Mary Green
When Lester Young of Columbia was released from prison after serving 22 years, he was ready to find a job and begin the next chapter of his life outside incarceration.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 8:50 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A month-and-a-half into its new legislative session, the General Assembly is in full swing at the South Carolina State House.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 8:21 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A month-and-a-half into its new legislative session, the General Assembly is in full swing at the South Carolina State House.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 7:01 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and Mary Green
The South Carolina House voted on Wednesday to allow lawful firearm owners to carry handguns openly or concealed without a state permit.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 1:21 PM EST
|By Mary Green and WIS News 10 Staff
The day is now celebrated annually on the third Tuesday of every February.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 4:48 PM EST
|By Mary Green
The legislation now awaits a debate on the Senate floor after the Medical Affairs Committee voted to advance it last week.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:41 PM EST
|By Mary Green
In most school districts in SC, students only have one option for which public school they attend.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 7:23 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A similar bill was proposed at the State House last year but died before it got a debate.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 11:00 PM EST
|By Mary Green
For more than a century, South Carolina law has prohibited the state from sending public dollars to private schools, including religious schools.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 7:36 PM EST
|By Mary Green
For more than a century, South Carolina law has prohibited the state from sending public dollars to private schools, including religious schools.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 10:38 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A bill that would restrict what can be taught and discussed about history and current events in South Carolina schools has moved closer to becoming law.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 7:26 PM EST
|By Mary Green
bill that could restart lethal injections in South Carolina is now awaiting a debate at the State House.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 7:05 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Lawmakers are fast-tracking a push to criminalize trafficking fentanyl in South Carolina, where it is currently not a law.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 7:33 PM EST
|By Mary Green
On Tuesday, senators voted along party lines, 28-15, to give S.39 a second reading.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 7:38 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Hendrick returned to lawmakers with a big request: nearly $30 million to build a new juvenile detention center in Columbia.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 7:36 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A push at the State House could allow capital punishment to resume for the first time in over a decade.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:51 PM EST
|By Mary Green
More than half of the drug-overdose deaths in South Carolina right now can be traced to fentanyl.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 7:33 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Legislation focused on education, healthcare, and criminal justice issues will likely be among the first bills under debate at the South Carolina State House this year.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 7:42 PM EST
|By Mary Green
SC Governor Henry McMaster is seeking $3.6 million to help bolster school safety.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 7:14 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Republican Ellen Weaver is set to become the next state superintendent.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 3:39 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Staff with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division have been monitoring the weather moving in ahead of the weekend.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 7:44 PM EST
|By Mary Green
State law enforcement agency in South Carolina now has a new tool to track down criminals exploiting children.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 9:03 PM EST
|By Mary Green
New data released Friday reveals nearly half of South Carolinians who are old enough and eligible to work are not employed or actively looking for a job.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 7:10 PM EST
|By Mary Green
DSS is also asking for another $5 million in next year’s budget to extend the Healthy Bucks program.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 8:53 PM EST
|By Mary Green
FBI Hate crimes 2022
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 8:28 PM EST
|By Mary Green
During a ceremony at Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia on Friday, a group of four inmates harmonized a hymn with the repeated line, “I can’t even walk without you holding my hand.”
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Mary Green
In the House, the Speaker determines who sits on which committees, and then the members themselves elect chairs.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 6:49 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Now a state senator wants every student in South Carolina to eat for free at school, starting next year.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 9:36 PM EST
|By Mary Green
According to Feeding America, one in ten South Carolinians faces food insecurity, including one in seven children in the state.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 7:33 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A recent report found South Carolina schools were short more than 1,400 educators at the start of this school year, an unprecedented high.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 6:04 PM EST
|By Mary Green
According to AAA, nearly 90% of all Thanksgiving travelers across the US will be taking a car to their holiday destination.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 7:20 PM EST
|By Mary Green
The spike comes as Americans are getting ready to gather with their loved ones over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 8:36 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A group of sitting state lawmakers is now suing a South Carolina school district over allegations it is training staff to teach critical race theory, and they vow more lawsuits will follow for other schools and districts.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 7:20 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Veterans are nearly twice as likely to die by suicide than everyone else.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 7:18 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A push to further restrict or even ban abortion in South Carolina is now over for this year, but advocates fighting for and against that effort say their work is not over.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 2:37 PM EST
|By Nevin Smith and Mary Green
House Speaker Murrell Smith said, “The bill is dead.”
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 8:34 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A new report goes beyond those numbers to shed light on why so many teachers are leaving their jobs.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Republican candidate Ellen Weaver will go against Democratic candidate Lisa Ellis at 7 p.m.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Over the next five years, $5 billion will be spread around the country to put more electric school buses on the road.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 11:49 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The debate, hosted by SCETV and the Post and Courier, started with a question for both candidates on what South Carolina’s abortion law should look like.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 8:38 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina is facing an ongoing and worsening challenge to recruit and retain teachers.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press and Mary Green
The state House can accept that version and send it to the governor’s desk, where it will likely be signed into law.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
On Monday, Pfizer asked US regulators for the OK to offer the updated booster to 5-to-11-year-olds, starting the approval process for that group of children to receive it.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A 2022 candidate for governor is paying for a billboard that South Carolinians may spot on their commutes.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 9:18 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
If you have an idea on how to make South Carolina better for its children or concerns about issues affecting them, your opinion is wanted.
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