President Trump has gotten off to an extremely fast start in his second term, testing the extent of his executive power since being inaugurated in January. Meanwhile, Congress is behaving in a ...

As the state tries to figure out where $1.8 billion sitting in a flow-through account belongs, the state treasurer and comptroller general appear to be at odds with ...

After a $3.5 billion accounting error that forced the early resignation of South Carolina’s top accountant, state lawmakers still have not yet elected a new ...

If the Comptroller General is an Executive Branch Officer, he could be removed at will, and his suit against the President would not be justiciable. Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - In an interview only on FOX Carolina News, the South Carolina state treasurer is calling for the Office of the Comptroller General to be dissolved after multiple ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina senate judiciary committee wants to make the state's comptroller general an appointed position rather than one elected by voters ...

Eckstrom had recently been under scrutiny over a $3.5 billion error by unintentionally exaggerating the state’s cash position by double counting the money sent to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom is stepping down in one month and somebody will need to replace him. But what does that process look like? Will voters head to the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A Senate Finance panel recommends removing South Carolina’s comptroller general from office and transferring his office duties to other agencies. These recommendations come ...

Richard Eckstrom told the Senate Finance Committee that the state's Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFR) for the past 10 years have overstated how much cash the state had in its coffers.