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.

A low pressure trough continues to move up the coast with a high pressure ridge pushing in behind the change, reaching the northeast during today. A low pressure trough over the inland will linger in ...