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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At the same time South Carolina’s 2022 legislative session began in January, a report found there were more than 1,100 vacant teaching positions across the state at that point.
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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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A law that allows employers to pay people with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage could soon be taken off the books in South Carolina.
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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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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he would be “very pleased” if the draft is in line with the high court’s ultimate ruling.
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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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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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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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Influential South Carolina lawmakers are calling for major change to the body that governs the state’s largest university, the University of South Carolina.
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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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A slightly cool yet sunny spring morning on the water provided the ideal setting to catch a few fish Saturday, as dozens of kids grabbed a pole and huddled around a pond near the Kershaw-Sumter county line.
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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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South Carolina lawmakers are under a tight deadline to keep a program going that promotes the development of affordable housing across the state.
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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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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.
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South Carolina lawmakers now have less than three months to change the state’s law on sex offenders, and if they don’t, all of the more than 17,000 registered sex offenders in the state could apply at that point to be taken off the registry.
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The second-longest-serving Democrat in the South Carolina House of Representatives announced Friday he will not seek re-election for his seat and instead is running for state Superintendent of Education.
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As March Madness tips off Thursday, this year’s tournament is the first in which players on the court can legally be paid for endorsements.
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Gov. Henry McMaster officially launched his bid for another term as South Carolina’s governor as the first of his challengers have also formally put their names into contention.
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Debate started Wednesday in the South Carolina Senate on a plan to significantly shake up how the state’s public health and environmental services operate.
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The South Carolina House of Representatives made quick work of spending nearly $14 billion, officially sending its approved state budget over to the Senate on Tuesday in unusually efficient fashion.
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Two members of South Carolina’s Capitol Hill delegation weighed in Monday on how they believe the United States should proceed in Ukraine, saying world order hinges on the outcome of the war.
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About half of the reports of intimate partner violence in South Carolina, including murder and assault, are between people who are dating.
Discussion continues at the State House over a bill that would give families state dollars to send their kids to private schools.
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It would only allow for advance-deposit wagering, in which people place bets through an application on their phone and need to have money in their account beforehand.
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A group of state lawmakers want to split up a billion dollars and send it back directly to South Carolina taxpayers.
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Two of the bills would further restrict or totally ban abortions in South Carolina.
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For the second time in a week, applause filled the South Carolina House of Representatives chamber as members voted unanimously to advance a major piece of legislation.
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State lawmakers in South Carolina are looking to put economic pressure on Russia while supporting Ukrainians.
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Just since the start of the current school year, nearly a thousand educators across South Carolina have quit their jobs.
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Private businesses that fire workers for not getting vaccinated could be hit with thousands of dollars in fines under a bill moving through the South Carolina State House.
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One of South Carolina lawmakers’ top tasks this legislative session has been deciding what to do with an unprecedented amount of money in their control.
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There’s a major push at the State House right now to cut income taxes in South Carolina, with Republican leaders and the governor looking to get it signed into law in the next few months.
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People rallied outside the South Carolina State House on Thursday morning, voicing their opposition to two abortion bills under the General Assembly’s consideration.
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South Carolina families with young children are now able to get connected to dozens of early childhood services all in one place.