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 ...
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 ...
$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.
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Loftis: SC treasurer is committed to voters and transparency
SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis says transparency is the cornerstone of his administration, and he's been unfairly criticized over existence of $1.8 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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South Carolina State Auditor resigns from office
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – George Kennedy, South Carolina’s State Auditor, resigned from office Thursday. Kennedy, who has served in the position since October 2015, sent a letter of resignation to ...
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.
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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.
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 ...