Reforms coming after SC's $1.8 billion accounting error. Now the question is who to blame.
The SC Senate to discuss the future of the state's finances after it was discovered $1.8 billion in missing funds didn't ...
South Carolina lawmakers call to axe treasurer after $1.8 billion accounting error
The results of the audit found that $1.6 billion of the $1.8 billion believed to have existed was the "result of incorrect ...
$1.8 billion isn’t missing after all in South Carolina but questions remain about accounting error
It turns out that $1.8 billion in South Carolina state funds weren’t just sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent.
Editorial: SC's mysterious $1.8 billion wasn't real, but the problem is. Fix it now.
SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis claimed under oath he earned $200,000 interest. Richard Eckstrom resigned over $35B blunder. Gov ...
Will SC House join calls to remove Treasurer Curtis Loftis after most of $1.8B didn’t exist?
I think it’s important to note, this is not any fraud, this is not a misrepresentation, that this is just incompetence, in ...
House Democrat calls for SC treasurer’s impeachment over $1.8B accounting debacle
In the wake of a report that South Carolina’s financial leaders allowed a $1.8 accounting blunder to linger on the state’s ...
SC taxpayers’ cost of fixing a $1.8B accounting blunder could keep growing
The bills continue to pile up as South Carolina legislators consider spending more money on a series of accounting snafus ...
With SC’s finances under SEC investigation, lawmakers seek financial ‘babysitter’
An outside forensic auditing firm recommended the state hire a third-party compliance officer after determining most of a ...
SC’s state auditor resigns from job amid controversy over state’s $1.8B accounting error
South Carolina State Auditor George Kennedy III and outside independent auditor Remi Omisore, a principal at CliftonLarsonAllen, speak to a Senate Finance subcommittee about the comptroller general’s ...
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SC auditor tangled up in $1.8B accounting error resigns
State Auditor George Kennedy's resignation follows the 2023 resignation of former Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom.
SC auditor resigns following release of report on nonexistent $1.8B surplus
The state auditor for South Carolina announced his immediate resignation Thursday, just over a week after the release of a forensic report on an alleged $1.8 billion surplus.
Rep. Heather Bauer announces articles of impeachment against SC Treasurer
Representative Heather Baur will hold a press conference on Thursday to discuss the filing of articles of impeachment ...