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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. 6h351r
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!).
S.C. Supreme Court hears challenge to law banning online eye exams 6g3ov
Updated: Jun. 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
The South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments today that could overturn a state law prohibiting insurance from covering online eye exams.
Do state actions concerning Columbia’s conversion therapy ban violate local rule? 423w3c
Updated: May 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
A fight over how much control local governments have over their own communities versus the state’s authority to step in is brewing in South Carolina’s capital city.
Negotiators finalize deal for S.C.’s $14.7B state budget 1q5h3d
Updated: May 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
In the next year, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are set to go toward fixing South Carolina roads and bridges, while teachers, state employees, and state lawmakers are all in line for pay raises.
‘We have prevailed’: Governor praises S.C. abortion ban ruling 4l2860
Updated: May 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM EDT
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By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster proclaimed victory Wednesday morning after a state Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s so-called “Fetal Heartbeat Bill.”
What’s law, what’s paused, and what’s dead after SC’s 2025 legislative session 5p101m
Updated: May 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Gov. McMaster has signed more than 70 new bills into law this year, but other priorities will have to wait until next year to try to get there.
S.C. House approves plan that could eventually eliminate income taxes 1w1l2b
Updated: May 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
A plan that could eventually eliminate income taxes in South Carolina earned key approval Tuesday at the State House.
Bills to improve S.C. road safety move closer to governor’s desk 3j3719
Updated: May 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
Legislation that could soon reach the governor’s desk aims to make South Carolina’s roads safer for everyone.
S.C. lawmakers consider giving themselves pay raises 124e34
Updated: Apr. 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina lawmakers could receive a higher salary next year, totaling $3 million in taxpayer dollars each year.
What’s next for S.C. treasurer after senators vote to remove him c1641
Updated: Apr. 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Late Monday night, South Carolina senators took the historic step of voting to remove the state’s elected treasurer from office.
S.C. senators approve resolution to remove state treasurer from office 6v6w1x
Updated: Apr. 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM EDT
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By Mary Green, Patrick Phillips and The Associated Press
South Carolina senators voted 33-8 Monday night to approve a resolution to remove the state treasurer from office after an eight-hour hearing.
Bill aims to attract South Carolinians to second careers as teachers 5t3j1t
Updated: Apr. 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
As South Carolina tries to get more teachers in the classroom, the state is looking not just toward college graduates but also at people who have work experience outside the classroom.
S.C. state treasurer files petition with State Supreme Court t52m
Updated: Apr. 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis announced that his attorneys have filed a Petition with the South Carolina Supreme Court to en a State Senate hearing.
S.C. bill would require doula care to be covered under Medicaid 1h4370
Updated: Apr. 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
Women in South Carolina are much more likely to die while pregnant or postpartum than those in almost all other states.
After years of resisting, S.C. moves toward hands-free cellphones while driving 1j5k38
Updated: Apr. 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM EDT
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By Mary Green and Jeffery Collins
After eight years of trying to persuade his fellow lawmakers to require hands-free cellphone use while driving, a little pain might have helped a Republican lawmaker get his bill ed.
Gambling expansion draws increased attention at S.C. State House 6721
Updated: Apr. 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
Efforts to expand gambling in South Carolina are getting more attention right now at the State House than they have in a while — including a push to develop the state’s first casino.
Agents rescue 160 dogs, seize drugs, guns in S.C. dogfighting operation 2a6nl
Updated: Apr. 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM EDT
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By Mary Green and Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says it executed 10 search warrants in three counties last week related to dogfighting operations.
S.C. Senate es bill targeted at increasing energy needs 4k3r43
Updated: Apr. 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM EDT
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By Mary Green and Colt Yeargin
The South Carolina Senate has ed a bill targeted at the state’s growing power needs.
More than half of S.C. income tax filers could soon pay more 68302w
Updated: Apr. 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
Last week, Republicans at the State House unveiled a tax reform plan they touted as transformative for South Carolina.
Bill would make S.C. last state in US to criminalize ‘revenge porn’ 1y5za
Updated: Apr. 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
Right now, a person in South Carolina can share intimate images of someone else without their consent and face no criminal penalties.
S.C. effort to defund Planned Parenthood to come before US Supreme Court next week 5v2g1s
Updated: Mar. 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina will soon be front and center once again before the US Supreme Court.
S.C. Senate es tort reform bill after 4 weeks of debate 161l3c
Updated: Mar. 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
A bill that aims to make South Carolina’s legal system fairer has cleared a huge hurdle after months of fights, weeks of debate, and many hours of closed-door negotiations.
S.C. House unexpectedly delays debate on anti-DEI bill 4euj
Updated: Mar. 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
Republicans’ push to target diversity efforts in South Carolina will be delayed another week following an unexpected disruption during a debate at the State House.
S.C. Treasurer rejects calls to resign after senate finance report on $1.8B error 5i193n
Updated: Mar. 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM EDT
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By Mary Green and Patrick Phillips
The state treasurer of South Carolina rejected calls for his removal by the Senate Finance Constitutional Subcommittee investigating a $1.8 billion ing error Tuesday.
How a new bill could make it easier for SC schools to get help in emergencies 345b6f
Updated: Mar. 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Every school in South Carolina could soon have lifesaving technology on hand that would allow teachers to call 9-1-1 in emergencies with the click of a button.
S.C. tort reform negotiations on pause until next week 273w40
Updated: Mar. 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM EDT
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By Mary Green
Attempts to reach a compromise on a hotly watched and controversial bill at the State House fell short this week.
S.C. House es budget with billions for tax cuts, bridge fixes, teacher pay 5a4364
Updated: Mar. 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Billions of dollars in taxpayer money could go toward tax cuts, road improvements, and pay raises for teachers in the next year in South Carolina.
SCDOT eyes law change that would impact how much EV drivers owe state 193j5c
Updated: Mar. 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina’s gas tax is at its peak, and a substantial amount of money in recent state budgets has gone toward road work.
S.C. continues $1.8 billion ing error investigation amid financial controversy b5v6w
Updated: Feb. 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM EST
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By Mary Green
South Carolina lawmakers say their work investigating the state’s $1.8 billion mystery and figuring out what consequences should come from it is not over.
South Carolina lawmakers discuss bills on social media, auditor j456l
Updated: Feb. 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM EST
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By Mary Green
The House Judiciary Committee met Tuesday afternoon to discuss several bills.
Bipartisan bill seeks to tackle S.C. child-care challenges 5t3q45
Updated: Feb. 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM EST
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By Mary Green
In recent years, leaders at the South Carolina State House have put a concerted effort toward economic growth, including workforce development.
U.S. Supreme Court to take up S.C.’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood 1fp6e
Updated: Dec. 20, 2024 at 5:31 AM EST
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By Mary Green
South Carolina will once again be front and center before the U.S. Supreme Court.
South Carolina poised to impose Medicaid work mandate 4f2h5x
Updated: Dec. 18, 2024 at 6:24 PM EST
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By Mary Green
Many South Carolinians receiving government health benefits right now could soon be required to work to keep receiving this coverage.
All S.C. voters will see this yes-or-no question on their ballots in election 5z3u2z
Updated: Oct. 26, 2024 at 5:50 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Besides the race for the White House, there is one other question that all of them will be asked at the polls this year, a statewide constitutional referendum.
S.C. attorney general targeting crimes against vulnerable adults j2v3x
Updated: Jun. 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM EDT
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By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a new plan to increase awareness and respond to the abuse and exploitation of vulnerable adults in South Carolina.
SCGOP chair calls for state to close its primaries; McMaster opposes 2a5lt
Updated: Feb. 26, 2024 at 7:27 PM EST
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By Mary Green
As presidential candidates move their campaigns beyond South Carolina and onto other states, the chair of the South Carolina Republican Party is calling for this year to be the last time the state’s presidential primaries are open to any ed voter, regardless of party affiliation.
4 local S.C. school districts receive hundreds of dollars in safety grants 6l4h2o
Updated: Dec. 5, 2023 at 9:15 AM EST
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By Mary Green and Staff
Four local school districts in South Carolina are about to receive hundreds of dollars in safety grants to ensure students and staff are safe.
After relinquishing license, lawmaker s call for changes to SC liquor liability law oj5t
Updated: Dec. 1, 2023 at 7:06 PM EST
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By Mary Green
Bars and restaurants across South Carolina fear they can’t afford to stay open if they want to serve an item essential to their business: alcohol.
What to expect on SC roads over this Thanksgiving travel period t3936
Updated: Nov. 22, 2023 at 5:59 PM EST
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By Mary Green
If you’re hitting the road between Wednesday and Sunday, about 50 million Americans are expected to be doing the same thing.
Abortion providers file new lawsuit challenging S.C.’s ‘fetal heartbeat law’ 363w34
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 6:51 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina’s restrictive ban on abortion has been hit with another legal challenge from abortion providers.
S.C. leaders lay out plan for helping state’s nearly 400K veterans over next year 282a2p
Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 5:28 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
About one in 10 adults living in South Carolina has served the country through military service.
State agency-led group figuring out how to keep up with SC’s rising energy demands 2s1o58
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 5:46 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Leaders in South Carolina’s energy sector say the state’s power capacity must expand.
SC Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban n69i
Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 10:16 AM EDT
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By Tiffany Sarvis, Mary Green, Jordyn Markhoff and Jordyn Markhoff
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s 6-week abortion ban.
Committee wants to hear your ideas on how to help South Carolina’s children 604b62
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 7:34 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
If you have an idea on how to make South Carolina better for its children or concerns about issues affecting them, your opinion is wanted.
‘We want the wrongdoer to pay for it’: S.C. attorney general sues over toxic ‘forever chemicals’ 3c6yc
Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 7:23 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina’s top prosecutor is calling for the companies he claims are responsible for polluting the state’s drinking water and natural resources with toxic chemicals to be held able.
S.C. schools can now have supply of overdose-reversal drugs under new law 3j2df
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 6:51 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
The new school year means new students, new teachers, and now, for South Carolina schools, a new tool in their first-aid kits that could save lives.
Trump speaks in Columbia at SC Republican fundraising event days after arraignment 516j4p
Updated: Aug. 5, 2023 at 10:24 PM EDT
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By WIS News 10 Staff and Mary Green
Former President Donald Trump is expected to arrive in Columbia on Saturday evening to headline the biggest event of the South Carolina Republican party history, according to event organizers.
What Trump’s top rivals, allies in S.C. say about his indictment ahead of Columbia visit 4l3s5o
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 6:54 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
In just two days, the focus of the political world will be on South Carolina, where former President Donald Trump will make his first visit to an early-voting state following his third indictment in four months.
Gov. McMaster signs new SC boating safety bill 362j1l
Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 7:38 PM EDT
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By Pilar Briggs and Mary Green
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster held a ceremony for the state’s new boating safety and education bill on Thursday.
New S.C. law lets students bring sunscreen to school without a doctor’s note 3k3j6a
Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 5:45 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
For the first time, starting this school year, South Carolina families will be able to send their kids to school with sunscreen without also needing a doctor’s note.
Legislators fear S.C. ethics law ‘blasted wide open’ after judge’s ruling 5g1p5i
Updated: Jun. 19, 2023 at 7:59 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Some South Carolina lawmakers are calling a recent federal court ruling a victory for free speech. But others fear it could have grave consequences on how much money can flow into South Carolina elections.