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: 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.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
At the lone center in the state picking up the phone, Mental Health America of Greenville County, it’s not just calls they are answering but also now crisis texts and chats.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 8:46 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
More than 30 inmates sit on death row in South Carolina, but for the time being, the state has no way to legally carry out their executions.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 9:04 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing Thursday for a bill that provides state employees with paid family leave for the birth, adoption or fostering of a child.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 7:45 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The legislation allows mobile optometry clinics to visit Title 1 schools, offering free screenings and eye exams and fitting and providing students with glasses, with parental consent.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 11:09 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Like so many others, South Carolina is where Neil Derrick of Columbia began his service as a Marine.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 7:07 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Under the bill, abortion providers could face up to two years in prison and a fine, but South Carolinians who get abortions would not be criminalized.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Thousands of South Carolina students are now back in the classroom or going back this week as they start another school year impacted by the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 12:46 PM EDT
|By Nevin Smith and Mary Green
The legislation passed without any support from Senate Republicans.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 6:10 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
For years, many of these educators have been lamenting that they don’t receive a break during the day to plan lessons, grade assignments, or eat their lunch.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The four-day bench trial in the lawsuit three death row inmates brought against the state, claiming its current methods of execution violate the South Carolina constitution, wrapped up Thursday in a Richland County courtroom.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 6:58 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Last week, a judge transferred that lawsuit over to the South Carolina Supreme Court at the state’s request, and at this point, it is up to that court to decide if it will take up the case.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 6:51 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The change is now in effect, as some districts across the state returned to the classroom Monday, with the rest following in the coming weeks.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 8:07 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
It has also sparked fears that other protections, like that to marriage equality, could be repealed in the future as well.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 7:47 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A survey done last week of around half the state’s school districts found they are short, on average, about 15% of their bus drivers and technicians.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:54 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The committee formed to guide South Carolina’s response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade has now put out its recommendations for a change in law, which include a near-ban on abortions in the state.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Personal finance is a required course to graduate high school in more than a dozen states, including most in the southeast.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2022 at 10:25 AM EDT
|By Mary Green
That’s the new nationwide suicide prevention lifeline, and it will finally be active this weekend after years of work and preparation.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 7:18 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
This year’s expedition began July 1 in the Upstate and will wrap up July 30 on the ocean, as they build a smart reef along the Atlantic coast.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
So, for pregnant South Carolinians, the closest access to abortion services would be in North Carolina, especially at clinics closest to the border in Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, and Wilmington.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 7:16 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A House ad hoc committee tasked with laying the groundwork for this change met and heard from members of the public for the first time Thursday in Columbia.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 8:54 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Nearly 20 states and the District of Columbia have these measures in place, which allow courts to temporarily take away someone’s guns if they are determined to be a threat to themselves or others.
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. 17, 2022 at 11:29 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A recent audit found most of the state’s public schools lack access to a counselor, and critical services like crisis counseling are even scarcer.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 8:02 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
During the state’s last gubernatorial race, in 2018, Democratic candidates faced off three times in debates before the June primary.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 8:12 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
In just over two weeks, South Carolina voters will be able to head to the polls early to cast their ballots for the June 14 primary elections.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 7:13 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A law that allows employers to pay people with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage could soon be taken off the books in South Carolina.
Updated: May. 7, 2022 at 12:00 AM EDT
|By Mary Green
With just three days left on the calendar in South Carolina’s legislative session, it will be a race to the finish to advance bills to the governor’s desk by the end of next week.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 8:33 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Last year, McMaster signed the “Fetal Heartbeat Bill” into law, which bans most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks, making it one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 11:19 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives elected Rep. Murrell Smith, R - Sumter, to serve as their next Speaker on Thursday in a unanimous vote.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 1:55 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Jay Lucas, SC Speaker of the House, said he won’t run for re-election this November.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 8:46 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. 28, 2022 at 9:52 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster and two former state superintendents of education called South Carolina’s approach to funding its schools “opaque,” “convoluted,” and “fractured."
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 8:24 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The governor said $227 million more overall would go to schools.
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