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: 14 hours ago
|By Mary Green
Lawmakers are fast-tracking a push to criminalize trafficking fentanyl in South Carolina, where it is 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. 28, 2023 at 11:02 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Mary Green spoke one-on-one in an exclusive interview with former President Donald Trump.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:28 PM EST
|By Mary Green
For the first time in 35 years, South Carolina is poised to have only men on its state Supreme Court bench.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 7:37 PM EST
|By Mary Green
This legislation, which advanced out of a House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday, is even more restrictive than the one the court just ruled unconstitutional.
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 7:36 PM EST
|By Mary Green
A push at the State House could allow capital punishment to resume for the first time in over a decade.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:51 PM EST
|By Mary Green
More than half of the drug-overdose deaths in South Carolina right now can be traced to fentanyl.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 7:29 PM EST
|By Mary Green
One of the top leaders at the South Carolina State House has his sights set on bolstering economic development this year.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 7:33 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Legislation focused on education, healthcare, and criminal justice issues will likely be among the first bills under debate at the South Carolina State House this year.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 6:47 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Hundreds of people gathered outside the South Carolina State House on Monday to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and reflect on how to carry it forward.
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 10:41 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster took the oath of office on the steps of the Statehouse in Columbia Wednesday morning to start his second full term as the state’s chief executive.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and Mary Green
Currently, South Carolina bars most abortions at the gestational age of 20 weeks.
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 7:12 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Weaver encourages task force to ‘think big, think bold’ to address SC teacher shortage
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. 22, 2022 at 3:39 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Staff with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division have been monitoring the weather moving in ahead of the weekend.
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. 16, 2022 at 9:03 PM EST
|By Mary Green
New data released Friday reveals nearly half of South Carolinians who are old enough and eligible to work are not employed or actively looking for a job.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 7:10 PM EST
|By Mary Green
DSS is also asking for another $5 million in next year’s budget to extend the Healthy Bucks program.
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. 12, 2022 at 8:53 PM EST
|By Mary Green
FBI Hate crimes 2022
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: Dec. 7, 2022 at 6:49 PM EST
|By Mary Green
Now a state senator wants every student in South Carolina to eat for free at school, starting next year.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 11:00 PM EST
|By Mary Green
South Carolina is poised to take over as the first state in the Democratic primary
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. 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. 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. 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. 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 6:53 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.
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. 9, 2022 at 5:50 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and Mary Green
By law, this year’s General Assembly session ends Sunday.
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. 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.
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