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. 28, 2023 at 7:23 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
For the first time Tuesday, two survivors of the 2015 massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston were in Columbia, urging senators to pass a hate crimes bill.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control oversees everything from pandemic response to regulating dams. But maybe not for much longer.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
There's a push to loosen regulations around the S.C. craft brewing industry, and Tuesday was the first step in the legislative process at the State House.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 6:18 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
S.C. bill is making headlines across the country. It could impose the death penalty on women who get abortions – and it has more than a dozen sponsors.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 12:28 AM EDT
|By Mary Green
Republican leaders at the State House have made expanding school choice in South Carolina a priority this year.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 5:02 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Thousands of South Carolinians would get pay raises under the state budget that passed the House, although it's still not the final version.
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. 8, 2023 at 6:32 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and Mary Green
A number of House Republicans joined Democrats in the 84-31 vote Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 7:30 PM EST
|By Mary Green
For the last few months, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, state agency heads, and South Carolina citizens has been working to answer an important question.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 3:02 PM EST
|By Mary Green
During the pandemic, many Americans discovered the ease of getting groceries delivered straight to their doorsteps.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 6:08 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Supporters of a new bill say it could help fill a lot of those government jobs while giving a second chance to people who have served time in prison.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:21 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A bill to crack down on offenders who commit violent crimes while out on bond has passed South Carolina’s House. But opponents call it unconstitutional.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Mary Green
State dollars can't currently go to private schools under the South Carolina Constitution. But some lawmakers in the Palmetto State want to change that.
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 10:11 PM EST
|By Mary Green and Dylan Leatherwood
A bill that would allow people over 18 to carry loaded, concealed weapons without a permit or training will have a third hearing in the South Carolina House.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 10:06 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and Mary Green
SC Senate passed a law shielding the identity of pharmaceutical companies providing lethal injection drugs for state executions.
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 5:24 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Bill would ban S.C. cities and counties from enacting their own restrictions on sales of e-cigarettes and tobacco products. American Cancer Society is opposed.
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. 13, 2023 at 6:34 PM EST
|By Mary Green
South Carolina will soon begin reviewing who is eligible for Medicaid for the first time in three years.
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. 3, 2023 at 6:03 PM EST
|By Mary Green
So-called kinship caregivers don’t necessarily get the same help as foster parents – but new legislation in South Carolina could change that.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 5:34 PM EST
|By Mary Green
South Carolina lawmakers are fast-tracking a push to criminalize trafficking fentanyl in South Carolina – where it’s 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. 30, 2023 at 7:09 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Law enforcement blamed cellphones as one of the major causes of the deadly, seven-hour riot.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 5:18 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Three weeks to the day after the state’s six-week ban on abortion was struck down, a new abortion bill is now under consideration at the State House.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 12:39 PM EST
|By Nevin Smith and Mary Green
Saturday will see additional security at the State House.
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 4:42 PM EST
|By Mary Green
As judges decide if the electric chair or a firing squad are legal execution methods in South Carolina, lawmakers are trying to move things along.
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. 12, 2023 at 7:23 PM EST
|By Mary Green
If passed, the program would give families state dollars to pay for their children to attend private schools.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 2:48 PM EST
|By Mary Green
South Carolina lawmakers are back at work in Columbia, where their 2023 legislative session opened. Here's a look at some key issues and goals.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:58 PM EST
|By Mary Green
South Carolina lawmakers are back at work in Columbia, where their 2023 legislative session opened. Here's a look at some key issues and goals.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 6:45 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Bonuses for every public-school teacher, accelerated tax cuts and nearly a billion dollars to fix South Carolina’s roads.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 7:14 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Republican Ellen Weaver is set to become the next state superintendent.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 6:13 PM EST
|By Mary Green
The teacher shortage in South Carolina is at an all-time high – more than 1,400 unfilled jobs statewide at the start of the school year. What can be done about it?
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 8:06 PM EST
|By Mary Green
In just over a week, South Carolina’s public schools will be under new leadership.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 7:49 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Lawmakers will start taking up budget requests from DSS and other state agencies after their new legislative session begins on Jan. 10.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 9:20 PM EST
|By Mary Green
As 2022 comes to a close, South Carolina is wrapping up a record year for economic development.
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. 14, 2022 at 7:39 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A new $3.5-billion electric vehicle battery plant will soon call South Carolina home.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 8:29 PM EST
|By Mary Green
South Carolina is inviting more people to start driving electric vehicles.
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: 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.
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