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. 29, 2022 at 9:37 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Where you drive every day is not a secret in South Carolina.
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. 25, 2022 at 5:22 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.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 7:22 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A new campaign is underway to fill thousands of open jobs in South Carolina hospitals.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 5:21 PM EST
|By Mary Green
One of the main hurdles economists have said S.C. needs to clear is developing a large enough workforce to meet the demands of new and growing businesses.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 10:42 PM EST
|By Mary Green
This year also marks the fourth-straight year educator vacancies have hit a record high.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 9:25 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Freedom Caucus claims it has evidence critical race theory is being taught, saying he evidence will come out during the discovery phase of legal proceedings.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 7:10 PM EST
|By Mary Green
The last time these six jobs, all of which are statewide elected positions, received raises was nearly 30 years ago.
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. 7, 2022 at 9:50 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Tuesday voters will determine who leads SC for the next four years.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 7:30 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The men hoping to lead South Carolina for the next four years will be crisscrossing the state this weekend.
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. 1, 2022 at 10:28 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The Senate initially tried to pass a ban on conception as well but failed to garner enough support among Republicans to pass as restrictive a bill.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 7:11 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
As opposed to other states, like Kansas earlier this year, abortion isn’t literally on the ballot for South Carolina voters.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 7:37 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Two of the candidates vying to lead South Carolina for the next four years say they have the plan that will keep South Carolinians safe.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 7:25 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Emergency management officials urge South Carolinians to also know what to do in an earthquake: drop, cover, and hold on.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 7:25 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
There is no deadline for justices to issue their decision after hearing arguments Wednesday in downtown Columbia.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 8:52 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
So far this year, new companies have brought more than 3,000 jobs and around $1.4 billion in capital investment to South Carolina.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 6:42 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Figuring out how to make South Carolina better for its children is a top concern for so many parents, educators, and leaders across the state.
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: Oct. 7, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Poll workers play an essential role in elections, keeping voters from waiting in line for too long and ensuring every vote is properly counted.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The state’s timeline to connect everyone is significantly sped up because of nearly half-a-billion dollars that have been or will be spent on this work.
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. 22, 2022 at 6:44 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The new law allows fictive kin caregivers to receive support and resources from the state to help them, as well as access services, such as being able to obtain a copy of the child’s birth certificate.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 7:03 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina’s economic leader said the state faces increasingly tight competition among its neighbors to persuade companies to move here.
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. 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: Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:04 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A DHHS audit found students are more than 20 times likelier to access mental health services in schools than outside of them.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 8:35 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A push to totally ban abortion in South Carolina, or come close to it, is likely over for now.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 8:52 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The Senate legislation is a significant change to the near-ban legislation the House of Representatives approved last week.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 6:47 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives gave the bill a third reading in a 67-35 vote to pass it Wednesday and send it to the Senate, where it now awaits debate.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:11 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
More people in South Carolina are eligible and encouraged to get the monkeypox or MPX vaccine because of a new way the state’s health department is giving it.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 7:07 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A coalition of South Carolina teachers, doctors, and mental health professionals is calling for the state to be more proactive in ensuring schools are safe, saying South Carolina cannot wait until after a tragedy to bolster school safety.
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. 23, 2022 at 7:00 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
State law requires these youths to be under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, as it is the agency best fit to serve their needs, not DJJ.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 8:03 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Congress has until the end of September to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, or services could be disrupted.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 7:49 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. 10, 2022 at 7:48 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law Wednesday, considered the largest health care and benefit expansion in the history of the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
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 10:10 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The future of South Carolina’s death penalty is now in a judge’s hands.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 7:10 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Attorneys for three current death-row inmates are suing the state, claiming South Carolina’s methods of execution constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
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.
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