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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As they return to the State House, they have a busy agenda before them and said there could be movement on major bills as soon as this week.
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As public health agencies, like the South Carolina Department of Health and Environment Control, work to boost vaccination numbers in the state, they are turning to community groups for help.
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As South Carolina’s redistricting process moves closer to completion, staff from the state House of Representatives and Senate have drawn up drafts.
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The state typically averages up to 20 quakes annually, according to the South Carolina Emergency Management Division.
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When the state Senate and House of Representatives return to Columbia in two weeks for their regular legislative session, a major item on their agenda will be determining how to spend billions of dollars in pandemic relief.
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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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South Carolina’s Education Oversight Committee is encouraging the state to use sales-tax revenue to get schools back on track from pandemic learning loss.
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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 in 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.
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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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Everyone knows that one person who waits until Christmas Eve to buy presents. But this year, Christmas tree farmers in South Carolina caution people to not wait that long if they want to celebrate around a real tree.
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Each year, Americans collectively donate hundreds of billions of dollars to charity. With the season of giving now underway, S.C. Sec. of State is advising South Carolinians, “Give from the heart, but please give smart.”
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Three House Republicans are proposing a sweeping bill that would change what entities, including schools and private businesses, can teach and discuss.
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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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Booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine are now recommended for everyone 18 and older after the CDC signed off on the booster eligibility expansion late last week.
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The South Carolina Department of Education is now reviewing how districts pick which books are included in school libraries and will offer guidance to them on selecting books and what to do if someone complains.
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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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The South Carolina Department of Education is now reviewing school districts’ policies on library books in response to a complaint from parents that an illustrated book at Fort Mill school libraries is inappropriate and pornographic.
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The U.S. inflation rate has surged to its highest year-to-year rise since 1990, the Department of Labor announced Wednesday.
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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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South Carolina’s teachers say they are dealing with a “crisis,” a critical shortage of teachers across the state.
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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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A Columbia employment law attorney said Americans should be prepared to start hearing more about fights brewing between states and the federal government over vaccine mandates.
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A recent report from the CDC shows South Carolinians experienced one of the biggest increases in anxiety and depression during the pandemic among all states and the District of Columbia.
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The South Carolina Department of Mental Health also operates 16 local centers across the state, where he said people can walk in and find out that same day what kind of help they can get.
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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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The South Carolina Department of Social Services has allocated more money to help families afford childcare.
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Leading South Carolina Republican lawmakers are dismissing allegations they’re taking too long to draw new congressional and legislative districts.
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By default, this regulation is the job of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but OSHA does allow states, including South Carolina, to enforce their own workplace safety plans if they are up to par with the federal government’s.
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The federal government is anticipating 28 million more children in the U.S. will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham says the Biden administration’s policies at the southern border are overwhelming border patrol agents and putting national security at risk.
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Data indicates more than 200,000 South Carolinians currently have some form of natural immunity to COVID-19 after the most recent surge but still recommend to get vaccinated.
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The South Carolina Senate was supposed to reconvene Tuesday in Columbia to start discussing redistricting.
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A report from last fall compiled results of teacher exit surveys to determine why some 6,000 South Carolina teachers left their jobs.
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Victims of cybercrimes in South Carolina have already lost more money so far this year than in all of 2020, according to the FBI.
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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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The boost will come as the result of the FDA granting emergency use authorization to a new test, ACON’s Flowflex COVID Home Test, this week.
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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.