The embattled four-term treasurer Curtis Loftis said he was not surprised by the vote; a two-thirds House vote is required to complete an ouster

A South Carolina Supreme Court ruling that seemed intended to end the school choice movement in South Carolina only emboldened it.

South Carolina’s lawmakers could received a stipend increase for the first time since 1995. The state Senate’s budget proposal included an increase for lawmakers’ in-district expenses monthly stipend from $1,000 a month to $2,500 a month. It increases lawmakers’ before-taxes pay by $18,000 a year and would cost the state $3 million a year.

South Carolina senators voted 33-8 Monday night to approve a resolution to remove the state treasurer from office after an eight-hour hearing.

South Carolina’s Republican-dominated Senate voted 33-8 on Monday to kick the Republican treasurer out of office over a $1.8 billion accounting error. It will now ...