The South Carolina Senate has voted what is effectively an $18,000-a-year pay raise into the state's spending plan for the next budget year.

Republican South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis prepares for a hearing in the Senate that could start the process of removing him from office on Monday, April 21, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP ...

Loftis has called the Senate investigation a witch hunt. He repeatedly said no money went missing and the errors were not made in his office, although others have testified differently.

South Carolina’s Republican-dominated Senate and its elected Republican treasurer faced off Monday in an extraordinary hearing as senators try to kick the treasurer out of office over a $1.8 ...

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Republican-dominated Senate voted 33-8 on Monday to kick the Republican treasurer out of office over a $1.8 billion ...