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.

South Carolina State Auditor George Kennedy resigned from office Thursday in a letter to Gov. Henry McMaster and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. In the letter, Kennedy, who has served in ...

I would like to thank George Kennedy for his nearly 10 years of public service to the State of South Carolina and wish him well,” said Loftis, in a statement. “We will cont ...

SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis says transparency is the cornerstone of his administration, and he's been unfairly criticized over existence of $1.8 billion ...

State Auditor George Kennedy's resignation follows the 2023 resignation of former Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom.

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 ...

An outside forensic auditing firm recommended the state hire a third-party compliance officer after determining most of a ...

The bills continue to pile up as South Carolina legislators consider spending more money on a series of accounting snafus ...

The SC Senate to discuss the future of the state's finances after it was discovered $1.8 billion in missing funds didn't ...

The results of the audit found that $1.6 billion of the $1.8 billion believed to have existed was the "result of incorrect ...

It turns out that $1.8 billion in South Carolina state funds weren’t just sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent.

Statehouse leaders are calling for the resignation or impeachment of state Treasurer Curtis Loftis over a $1.8 billion ...