In the letter, Kennedy said that it was “an honor and a privilege to serve the State of South Carolina during the past nine years.” “However, I believe that it is in the bes ...

South Carolina’s State Auditor George Kennedy resigned on Wednesday after an outside audit found what was thought to be a $1.8 billion surplus in the state’s budget was actually an accounting error.

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.