Mary Green
State House Reporter at WIS-TV (Columbia, SC)
State House Reporter at WCSC-TV (Charleston, SC)
SC State House Reporter for @WIS10 - @Live5News - @wmbfnews - @WTOC11 - @FoxCarolinaNews - @WBTV_News - @WRDW_WAGT | @NotreDame grad
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4 days ago |
live5news.com | Patrick Phillips |Mary Green |Jeffrey Collins
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - South Carolina’s Republican-dominated Senate will begin considering whether to remove the state’s treasurer from office in the wake of a $1.8 billion accounting error. Curtis Loftis, who is serving his fourth term as treasurer, faces a hearing on Monday before members of the state Senate. The hearing will start at noon and likely last several hours, with two senators, Sen. Larry Grooms, R – Berkeley, and Sen.
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6 days ago |
live5news.com | Mary Green
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - If you drive in South Carolina, law enforcement likely knows where you’ve been and when. They have access to records with this data from license plates, which they say is an important tool to stop and prevent crime. But some believe this unregulated tool needs guardrails around it. A bill advancing in the state Senate would impose regulations on the cameras located across South Carolina known as automatic license plate readers.
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1 week ago |
live5news.com | Mary Green
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Line-of-duty deaths and intentional injuries to K-9 are happening so often in South Carolina that law enforcement leaders say they are no longer a rarity. Just last year, six K-9s were killed across the state — three of them alone within the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Now, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is among the law enforcement officers calling on the General Assembly to toughen the penalties for people convicted of killing police animals.
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1 week ago |
live5news.com | Mary Green
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - 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. A bill that is now just a few steps away from reaching the governor’s desk would encourage more people with professional experience to take teaching jobs in a related field. “Please pass this bill.
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2 weeks ago |
live5news.com | Mary Green
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - For South Carolinians who want to press their luck and win big, the lottery is their only option. Those who want to take a spin on the slot machines, roll the dice in a casino, or bet on sports legally have to travel to other states, with nearly all forms of gambling illegal in the Palmetto State.
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NEW: Treasurer Curtis Loftis is asking the SC Supreme Court to halt his April 21 removal from office hearing in the Senate: “I am asking the Supreme Court to step in and clarify whether the Senate is authorized to overturn a state election using this provision.” ⬇️ https://t.co/BJ6wjLFh5V
Concurrent resolution introduced in Senate to remove SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis from his elected office “for willful neglect of his duty.” Sen. Larry Grooms proposes the Senate hold a multi-hour hearing on Monday, April 21, for Loftis to defend himself with legal counsel present. https://t.co/wzeBjOwl1T
A nice fact about the SC State House is that it’s so old that the wiring can turn into antennae and pick up sound from elsewhere, which then comes through the press audio plug-ins (per the experts). Today we’re getting a hands-free driving debate mixed in with the Rose Bowl 🙃 https://t.co/yy1sbaXsbq
Concurrent resolution introduced in Senate to remove SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis from his elected office “for willful neglect of his duty.” Sen. Larry Grooms proposes the Senate hold a multi-hour hearing on Monday, April 21, for Loftis to defend himself with legal counsel present. https://t.co/wzeBjOwl1T