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: May. 25, 2023 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
As of Thursday morning, most abortions in South Carolina are now prohibited before the time many women know they are pregnant.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 7:13 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The signature of Gov. Henry McMaster is all that is now needed to enact a ban on most abortions in South Carolina after about six weeks into a pregnancy.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Soon enough, summertime fruits and vegetables will be in season and available across South Carolina.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 11:23 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
After a marathon, 23-plus-hour debate, a bill that would drastically slash abortion access in South Carolina has just cleared a major hurdle.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Lawmakers continued their debate over a plan for a more restrictive abortion bill on Wednesday.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
It’s the first time in about two decades a governor has successfully called the legislature back into session.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 3:18 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The state agency that oversees everything from issuing food safety permits to regulating dams to, in recent years, coordinating South Carolina’s pandemic response will likely soon be abolished.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 11:04 PM EDT
|By Mary Green and Dylan Leatherwood
A bill that would guarantee paid parental leave for public school teachers in South Carolina when they welcome a new child via birth, adoption or fostering will soon be on the governor’s desk.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Mary Green and Dylan Leatherwood
The state of South Carolina may soon see a new requirement for people convicted of driving under the influence for the first time.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 2:56 PM EDT
|By Dylan Leatherwood and Mary Green
The South Carolina General Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday that would prevent local governments from passing their own laws on tobacco products.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 10:48 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press, James Pollard and Mary Green
South Carolina Republicans are pushing new abortion restrictions in a late attempt to curtail access after a near-total ban failed last month.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 4:37 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A January poll from the South Carolina Policy Council of likely voters of both parties asked if they would support or oppose a state constitutional amendment to restrict or ban most abortions.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 8:50 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Nearly two dozen other states have more people than South Carolina, but recently, just seven states had more felony DUI deaths.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 7:51 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Right now, cities and counties in South Carolina are free to enact their own restrictions on tobacco and vape sales.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 8:26 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Healthcare in South Carolina could become more affordable and accessible with the signature of Gov. Henry McMaster.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 5:43 PM EDT
|By Maggie Brown, Mary Green and Madeline Stewart
Richland County Magistrate Judge LaTonya Derrick will lose her job after she gave bond to an 18-year-old suspect arrested after the Meadlowlake mass shooting.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 8:54 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
One proviso under consideration in the next budget concerns access to school meals.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 4:23 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Moms from across South Carolina gathered at the State House Tuesday to urge lawmakers to crack down on fentanyl before their legislative session ends next week.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 5:43 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
In just the last six months, South Carolina leaders have announced more than $15 billion in economic development investments across the state.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolinians who want to be able to shop at the liquor store on Sundays will have to wait at least another year.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 6:55 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A push to ban almost all abortions in South Carolina is done for the year.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 8:33 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press, James Pollard and Mary Green
The bill, which passed the Senate in January, establishes what are called education scholarship accounts.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 7:14 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press, James Pollard and Mary Green
The South Carolina Senate is gearing up for a final vote on a near-total abortion ban that the Republican-controlled chamber has repeatedly rejected over the past year.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 11:17 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Just a year ago, South Carolina prisons had more unfilled corrections officer jobs than actual officers on the job.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 8:23 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The head of South Carolina’s prison system is calling on the government to give him the tools to crack down on illegal cell phones behind bars.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 7:11 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
On Wednesday, the state’s House of Representatives gave second reading, essentially passing, to S.120 in a 75-21 vote largely along party lines.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 8:52 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
The bill, H.4100, would require there only be one school district wholly located in every county in South Carolina.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Despite being a monthly essential for many South Carolinians, period products, like tampons, pads, and menstrual cups, are not tax-exempt as other medical use products are.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 8:31 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Senators advanced a bill Wednesday, S.305, which would encourage more people with professional experience to take teaching jobs in a related field.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina’s governor, attorney general, and a number of lawmakers are among those calling for the state to reform how it selects its judges.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
According to the FBI, more than half of all hate crimes related to religion across the country are perpetrated against Jews, who only make up 2% of all Americans.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Boating safety advocates are hoping to see a change in boater education in time for the summer.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 7:37 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Police chiefs from around South Carolina urged lawmakers Wednesday to pump the brakes on a push to make it easier to carry concealed guns in public.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 7:14 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Some state lawmakers are looking to put more safeguards in place to ensure South Carolina’s public charter schools are held accountable to serve their students.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 7:03 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Lawmakers at the State House are advancing a bill they say will boost South Carolina’s efforts to recruit and retain teachers at a time the state’s educator shortage is growing.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 11:00 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Last December, the FBI issued a national public safety alert because of an “explosion of incidents” involving kids and teens in financial sextortion schemes.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 11:36 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina’s top prosecutor is calling on the legislature to change the way the state picks its judges.
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. 24, 2023 at 8:04 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
A new bill would ban minors in South Carolina from receiving gender-affirming care.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 7:28 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina senators are renewing a push to split up a major state agency after their efforts fell short last year.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:57 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Currently, people can buy 48 ounces of beer in a single day at a craft brewery for on-site consumption.
S.C. GOP leaders say bill that could impose death penalty on women who get abortions won’t become law
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
South Carolina is one of just two states where women can face criminal charges for illegally getting abortions.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 6:22 PM 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 7:50 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
Thousands of South Carolinians would get pay raises under the nearly $14 billion state budget the House of Representatives passed Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Mary Green
On the heels of a record year for economic development, state leaders say their next focus is ensuring South Carolinians are ready to fill those positions.
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. 7, 2023 at 5:16 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
State Sen. Dick Harpootlian, who represented convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in his murder trial, took the floor of the state Senate Tuesday afternoon.
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.
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