South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom holds up a book he wanted to present to his new chief of staff James Holly during his introduction a meeting on Aug. 13, 2009, in Columbia, S.C ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — There are growing calls for the resignation of South Carolina’s state treasurer following a new report on an investigation into a $1.8 billion accounting ...

Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom -- who notably brandished an "Accounting for Dummies" book at a new hire's introduction meeting in 2009 -- will step down next month after the $3.5 billion ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers angry over a $3.5 billion accounting blunder by the state's comptroller general began efforts Thursday to sack the official, a day after demanding he ...

The 49-page report claims South Carolina’s financial future is not secure with Loftis, and leaving him as treasurer would cause irreparable harm. “The subcommittee that I chair with been ...

Richard Eckstrom has served as South Carolina's comptroller general since 2003. Eckstrom resigned in a letter to the governor on March 23, 2023.

South Carolina state Treasurer Curtis Loftis should resign amid an accounting scandal and a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation.

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis rejected calls that he resign from office following the release of a 49-page final report on the state's $1.8 billion discrepancy. (WRDW) The statement came ...

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis says calls for him to resign over an ... who several times blamed the mistakes on now retired members of his staff or on the Comptroller General ...

In a letter to South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster Thursday Kennedy said, "it is in the best interest of the Office of the State Auditor that I resign from my position." ...

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 ...