SC’s state auditor resigns from job amid controversy over state’s $1.8B accounting error
State Auditor George Kennedy, who has been caught in the middle of the state’s accounting issues, including over whether a mysterious $1.8 billion existed, resigned from his job Thursday, according to ...
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 ...
Impeachment and investigation calls bubble against SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis amid SEC investigation
House Speaker Murrell Smith has pledged investigations into SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis' handling of a $1.8 billion accounting ...
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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.
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 ...
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 mysterious $1.8 billion listing was not real money.
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 ...
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 ...
Connect to the Capitol: Following the $1.8B in mystery money
This week we connect you to the capitol by diving into a confounding $1.8 billion money mystery that dates back years at the ...
Accountants skeptical following South Carolina’s reveal of $1.8 billion money mystery
South Carolina’s mysterious $1.8 billion in a bank account doesn’t exist. That’s the answer to the nearly year-long questions ...
$1.8 billion isn't missing after all in South Carolina, questions remain about error
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- It turns out that $1.8 billion in South Carolina state funds weren't just sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent. Instead, it was an accounting error compounded over years ...