Mary Green
Reporter
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Mary Green reports for the KCRG-TV9 News at 10 p.m. — though you might also catch her at 4, 5, or 6, depending on the day.
Before moving to eastern Iowa, Mary started her career as a multimedia journalist at WFXL in Albany, Georgia, where she covered local government, tornadoes, hurricanes, and even a bit of snow.
Despite being born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Mary is no stranger to the Midwest. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame and loves to cheer on the Irish!
If you see Mary and her dog, a beagle named Chris Bosh, around town, please say hi! You can also reach her at Mary.Green@kcrg.com, or through Facebook or Twitter.
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A new state budget kicked in on Friday, the start of South Carolina’s new fiscal year, and with it comes a major overhaul in how public schools are paid for.
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Groups that work to prevent domestic violence are welcoming a component of the new federal bipartisan gun law that they hope will protect more victims and survivors across the country.
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Republican Gov. Henry McMaster called South Carolina’s upcoming state budget “the most transparent and accountable budget in modern times” while renewing his call for more openness into how public dollars are spent.
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Per an agreement, 92% of South Carolina’s portion must be spent on combatting the opioid epidemic in the state.
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South Carolina voters will be able to head back to the polls starting Wednesday to cast their ballots for the June 28 primary runoff elections.
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A recent audit found most of the state’s public schools lack access to a counselor, and critical services like crisis counseling are even scarcer.
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A nearly $14 billion state budget that cuts taxes for many South Carolinians and would even give them money back is on its way to the desk of Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.
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More than 100K South Carolinians cast their ballots in first early voting period under new state law
South Carolinians will head to the polls Tuesday to vote in primary elections including governor, state superintendent of education, seats in Congress and the State House, and a multitude of local races.
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As the Saluda County School District educates future generation of Tigers, schools like Saluda Elementary are hampered by aging infrastructure of the past.
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With COVID cases on the rise again for the last few weeks in the state, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control continues to encourage everyone five and older to get vaccinated.
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Republican Gov. Henry McMaster said he believes some of the president’s proposals could infringe on Second Amendment rights.
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While some changes will take effect at later dates, many are already in place now for the June primaries, and they are also already causing some confusion with South Carolina voters.
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During the state’s last gubernatorial race, in 2018, Democratic candidates faced off three times in debates before the June primary.
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For the next two weeks, South Carolinians can cast their ballots early for the June primary races.
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South Carolina’s top federal prosecutor says gun violence in the state is skyrocketing to troubling heights.
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The day after an 18-year-old gunman used a semi-automatic rifle to murder 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, state lawmakers say they are focused on South Carolina schools safe.
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A South Carolina lawmaker traveled to Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday to show solidarity with the community where a white supremacist shooter killed 10 Black people at a grocery store earlier in May.
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Nearly two years after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked protests and calls for change in law enforcement nationwide, South Carolina now has a new law on the books to regulate how law enforcement agencies operate.
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Infant formula is still hard to come by in many parts of the country, including in South Carolina, but the White House reports help has now arrived, with more on the way.
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Healthcare providers in South Carolina may soon be able to refuse to perform procedures that they say violate their morals, ethics, or religious beliefs.
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Despite the abrupt death of the bill to legalize medical marijuana in South Carolina this year, supporters and advocates say their hope for the legislation is still alive.
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At the end of last week, House members moved to create a statewide task force to hold hearings and figure out how to recruit and retain more teachers in South Carolina.
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In just over two weeks, South Carolina voters will be able to head to the polls early to cast their ballots for the June 14 primary elections.
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Before the clock struck 5 p.m. in Columbia on Thursday, when desks were cleared, hugs were shared, and end-of-session selfies were snapped, the South Carolina State House was a flurry of activity as lawmakers worked until the final minutes of the 2022 regular legislative session to tie up as many loose ends as they could.
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A program that would give some South Carolina families public dollars to send their children to private schools is getting close to becoming a reality.
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With just three days left on the calendar in South Carolina’s legislative session, it will be a race to the finish to advance bills to the governor’s desk by the end of next week.
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Mental health advocates are “ecstatic” after South Carolina lawmakers changed a bill Thursday that had them worried about how it could impact the state’s mental health services.
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The next two weeks could be make-or-break for a bill that would break up the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, or DHEC.
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The South Carolina House of Representatives voted Wednesday to advance a bill promoting a controversial procedure that doctors warned could potentially be dangerous.
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Supporters argue it would save women time and money by saving them additional trips to the physician.
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South Carolina is hoping to get everyone in the state connected to high-speed internet at home and work within the next few years, thanks in large part to a major influx of money coming in from the federal government.
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After a routine vote in the state Senate on Thursday, a significant early voting bill has now passed both chambers of the South Carolina State House with bipartisan backing and without getting a single vote against it.
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SC’s anti-vaccine mandate legislation is on its way to Governor Henry McMaster’s desk after the House voted 76-34 to agree with the changes the Senate made in early April.
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The office tasked with broadband expansion and investment in South Carolina estimates it will cost more than $600 million at this point to ensure everyone in the state is connected to the internet.
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South Carolina’s First-in-the-South primary may not be first the next time Democrats select a presidential nominee.
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As South Carolina looks to address its growing teacher shortage, educators say the problem is not worsening solely because more teachers are leaving the classroom, though that is a driver.
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One of the key markers of school accountability across the country is the percentage of students who graduate high school in four years.
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With just over a month left in the second year of the current two-year legislative session, it’s a race to the finish at the South Carolina State House.
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The bill to legalize medical marijuana in South Carolina cleared a key hurdle Thursday, advancing to the House of Representatives floor for debate.
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Certain employers in South Carolina would be banned from requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in a bill approved by the state Senate on Wednesday.
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South Carolina lawmakers have less than two months left to pass one of the highest-profile bills at the State House this year: legislation to legalize medical marijuana.
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The bill would require athletes at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels compete based on the gender they were assigned at birth, prohibiting transgender girls and women from competing in girls’ and women’s sports.
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Controversial and much-discussed legislation that would restrict what can and cannot be taught in South Carolina schools was before a panel of lawmakers Tuesday.
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Gov. Henry McMaster and two former state superintendents of education called South Carolina’s approach to funding its schools “opaque,” “convoluted,” and “fractured."
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“It’s concerning because very recently, within a very short time period within about a week, we had in the two different ends of the state two outbreaks reported,” DHEC Public Health Director Dr. Brannon Traxler said.
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The number of open jobs across South Carolina totals to six figures, tens of thousands more than the number of vacancies before the pandemic.
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A proposal to give South Carolina families state dollars to send their children to private schools is up for debate at the State House.
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The controversial “Save Women’s Sports Act” is now closer to becoming law in South Carolina than it has ever been.
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South Carolina lawmakers believe this could be the year they will be able to guarantee paid time off for state employees when they welcome a child into their family.
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Despite its popularity — and also because of it — a program designed to spark more affordable housing construction in South Carolina could be significantly scaled back.