Ashleigh Holland

Ashleigh Holland is an award-winning journalist who joins WIS-TV as the State House Reporter. Ashleigh is honored to tell the stories that impact the entire state of South Carolina. When the Legislature is in session, Ashleigh can be found at the South Carolina State House. Ashleigh grew up in Augusta, Georgia. She discovered her love for journalism and reporting in her teen years, writing for her high school newspaper and shadowing reporters at her hometown paper, The Columbia County News-Times.

Recent Articles by Ashleigh

Teachers can rent college dorm rooms to work in this rural SC district

Some teachers in South Carolina are taking the words 'back to school' quite literally, and living in dorm rooms among college students in order to work and afford the cost of living.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 30, 2018 at 7:59 PM

A new prison program is sending recordings of inmates' voices to their children, beyond the walls of Kirkland Correctional Institution where the fathers are confined.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 28, 2018 at 6:16 PM

Proposal to pay $50 million for better voting machines at SC polls

There are millions of dollars of taxes collected that are unspent and lawmakers will decide what to do with them.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 28, 2018 at 10:23 AM

Issues with voting machines reported at some Richland precincts in Senate runoff

On Tuesday, voters in portions of Richland County and Lexington County get to head to the polls and choose between Republican candidates Benjamin Dunn and John Holler in the Republican runoff for the open Senate District 20 seat.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 28, 2018 at 9:54 AM

New school bus feature may STOP you in your lane

A new safety feature is rolling out onto the roads, to protect children getting on and off school buses.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 24, 2018 at 6:37 PM

Funding for Early Head Start is secure, after SC First Steps gave it up

According to SC First Steps Director Georgia Mjartan, the federal grant for millions of dollars that her agency's board voted to relinquish in June has been secured by another organization and will be switching hands.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 23, 2018 at 4:45 PM

As many students in South Carolina public schools head back to class for the first day of a new school year, some districts can promise parents the school calendar is permanent.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 20, 2018 at 5:56 PM

Look closer at South Carolina's state flag. It is indigo blue, with a Palmetto tree and a crescent shape, a gorget. Beyond that, designs differ from flag to flag, based on its maker.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 17, 2018 at 8:23 PM

Number of children not being immunized on the rise in SC

There are more parents choosing not to have their children vaccinated each year in South Carolina, according to data from the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 16, 2018 at 7:14 PM

Nurse practitioners call this new law better for healthcare in rural SC

New laws on nurse practitioners are meant to make South Carolinians healthier, especially those that live in rural areas.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 15, 2018 at 7:52 PM

WATCH: SC teacher's association announces efforts to help educators

The South Carolina Education Association (The SCEA) President Sherry East will also express their appreciation to SC educators returning to school and detail their efforts to provide the best resources to help them in the classroom.

and Ashleigh Holland

Published August 14, 2018 at 12:59 PM

'Puzzling' new state law leaves school safety leaders questioning SRO candidates

A new state law allows retirees to get back into classrooms and work as School Resource Officers (SROs) and earn more pay; retired officers will be able to keep their retirement benefits plus earn full salary, only for one year.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 10, 2018 at 8:06 AM

There's a price tag politicians in SC put on school safety

South Carolina politicians have put a price tag on students' safety in public schools; in this year's budget, lawmakers allocated about $17 Million to fund safety equipment and new officers.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 8, 2018 at 6:55 PM

Temporarily, SCE&G rates are lowered by 15 percent, beginning Tuesday, August 7.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 7, 2018 at 6:35 PM

President Donald Trump has used some choice words to describe the press. Most recently he described it as "enemy" of the people, and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to denounce the comment during a press briefing.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 3, 2018 at 6:49 PM

Pope Francis, the most influential leader in the Catholic Church, declares capital punishment is not acceptable under any circumstance.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 2, 2018 at 7:47 PM

Paid Maternity Leave is not guaranteed to all soon-to-be mothers who work in South Carolina; it's a dilemma many women face, so women's rights advocates are pushing for change.

Ashleigh Holland

Published August 1, 2018 at 7:33 PM

Mixed feelings and strong words mark SCANA shareholder meeting to approve merger

During a shareholder call on Tuesday, SCANA shareholders voted to approve the potential merger between them and Dominion Energy, the company poised to by the South Carolina utility in the first steps of the merger process.

Ashleigh Holland and

Published August 1, 2018 at 4:45 AM

Johnny Bass said the impact is real and still flashes back to the day he walked off the site permanently.

Ashleigh Holland

Published July 31, 2018 at 7:57 AM

Investigations and tens of thousands of pieces of evidence have overwhelmed the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) forensics labs so much, that cases are backlogged.