In a shocking revelation, a nearly $2 billion accounting blunder has rocked South Carolina’s state finances. On Wednesday evening, Governor Henry McMaster confi

In the wake of a report that South Carolina’s financial leaders allowed a $1.8 accounting blunder to linger on the state’s ledger for nearly a decade, one House Democrat is calling for the impeachment of state Treasurer Curtis Loftis.

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

A South Carolina Department of Administration report revealed origins of a $1.8 billion accounting discrepancy that has puzzled lawmakers and residents alike.

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 instead of being reconciled,

State legislators are weighing in now following the independent forensic audit by AlixPartners determined that accounting errors compounded over years, instead of being reconciled, were responsible for what had been reported to be $1.