Mary Green

Columbia

State House Reporter at WIS-TV (Columbia, SC)

State House Reporter at WCSC-TV (Charleston, SC)

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Plan to help SC bars, restaurants with rising insurance costs headed to governor’s desk

6 days ago | live5news.com | Mary Green

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - For more than a year, bars and restaurants across South Carolina have been begging lawmakers to do something to address skyrocketing insurance costs that are driving them out of business. Help will soon be on the way to Gov. Henry McMaster’s desk.
Energy reform bill headed to McMaster after lawmakers agree to compromise

1 week ago | wrdw.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A plan to ensure South Carolina can keep the lights on for generations to come will soon be on the desk of Gov. Henry McMaster. However, some worry the legislation could result in rising costs for ratepayers across the Palmetto State. The deal comes as the state faces massive industrial and population growth, and the clock was ticking for lawmakers to get an agreement finalized.
Energy reform bill headed to McMaster after lawmakers agree to compromise

1 week ago | live5news.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A plan to ensure South Carolina can keep the lights on for generations to come will soon be on the desk of Gov. Henry McMaster. However, some worry the legislation could result in rising costs for ratepayers across the Palmetto State. The deal comes as the state faces massive industrial and population growth, and the clock was ticking for lawmakers to get an agreement finalized.
SC House approves plan that could eventually eliminate income taxes

1 week ago | foxcarolina.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A plan that could eventually eliminate income taxes in South Carolina earned key approval Tuesday at the State House. The House of Representatives passed a bill that would initially lower costs for many, though about one in four filers would see their taxes go up. Earlier this year, Republican leaders in the General Assembly joined the governor to unveil an income tax reform plan.
SC House approves plan that could eventually eliminate income taxes

1 week ago | wistv.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A plan that could eventually eliminate income taxes in South Carolina earned key approval Tuesday at the State House. The House of Representatives passed a bill that would initially lower costs for many, though about one in four filers would see their taxes go up. Earlier this year, Republican leaders in the General Assembly joined the governor to unveil an income tax reform plan.
SC House approves plan that could eventually eliminate income taxes

1 week ago | live5news.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A plan that could eventually eliminate income taxes in South Carolina earned key approval Tuesday at the State House. The House of Representatives passed a bill that would initially lower costs for many, though about one in four filers would see their taxes go up. Earlier this year, Republican leaders in the General Assembly joined the governor to unveil an income tax reform plan.
New proposal could provide relief to SC businesses hurt by roadwork delays

1 week ago | live5news.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Bright orange traffic cones are often signs of improvement and growth, and they are all over South Carolina. But they can also come with headaches for drivers and for businesses located along the roads where construction is underway. “At times, it gets so confusing trying to get in here, you would think that we’re closed,” said James Etheridge, whose wife owns Southern Crave Gourmet To-Go in northeast Richland County.
Where do key priorities stand going into final week of SC’s legislative session?

1 week ago | wistv.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina lawmakers have just three days left to get their major priorities for the year completed and to the governor’s desk. Unfinished business includes efforts to reform income taxes, protect South Carolina’s power supply, and figure out what to do about the state treasurer and the governor’s pick to head the public health department.
SC lawmakers say compromise still possible on major priority as clock ticks

1 week ago | live5news.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - For more than a year, bars and restaurants have been begging South Carolina lawmakers to do something to address skyrocketing insurance costs that are forcing many to close. But some legislators have said that the matter is tied to a much larger issue dealing with lawsuits, and the House of Representatives and Senate have remained at odds over how to fix it.
Bills to improve SC road safety move closer to governor’s desk

2 weeks ago | wistv.com | Mary Green

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Legislation that could soon reach the governor’s desk aims to make South Carolina’s roads safer for everyone. Senators took up two bills Wednesday that could both impact drivers, but in very different ways. One of the bills would establish a hands-free driving law in South Carolina, a measure that around 30 other states already have in place. “This bill has passed the Senate twice before, and it’s got caught up, back and forth, at the end of session a couple times,” Sen.