South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis says calls for him to resign over an accounting error that left the state sorting out what happened to a $1.8 billion fund amounted to a witch hunt.

We can’t allow a treasurer to be pushed out because of other people’s failures” South Carolina Treasurer Loftis told a House Ways and Means panel.

After calling it premature in April, columnist Matthew T. Hall argues an accounting scandal and a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation are too big for Loftis not to leave now.

SC needs leaders who prioritize public service over ego, and financial system managed by professionals committed to transparency, accountability and public good

Much of the $1.8 billion was found in a bank account only ever existed on paper, but legislators are left puzzled over how the mistake happened under Treasurer Curtis Loftis.

COLUMBIA, S.C. After confirmation that most of a mysterious $1.8 billion did not exist, calls for the removal of Treasurer Curtis Loftis ... we’re going to worry about the state of South Carolina,” Smith said. Because of the questions surrounding ...

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has recognized Berkeley County School District’s Nathaniel Gilmore of Goose Creek High School as the South Carolina Financial Literacy Master Teacher Program’s E

The South Carolina Treasurer defended his actions to a House committee Wednesday, amid calls for his resignation.

South Carolina’s mysterious $1.8 billion in a bank account doesn’t exist. That’s the answer to the nearly year-long questions of “Where did this money come from” and “Who does it belong to?” State Treasurer Curtis Loftis says he’s accounted for every single cent.

One of the biggest conversation topics recently in South Carolina was the “mystery” $1.8 billion, reported to be found in a state account.

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How South Carolina could lose, and subsequently find, $1.8 billion in "missing" money has confounded state lawmakers for nearly one year. Here's what happened.