A Winona woman was busy sorting through the debris of her home Tuesday, a day after she was rescued from her home after an enormous tree collapsed on top of it. Jane Brommerich had just gotten out of bed to close her bedroom window against a growing storm House approves of GOP budget that Gov Wolf has vowed to veto. House sends its budget to Senate despite Gov. Wolf's vow to veto it. In what might have been a futile first step to approve a state budget, the Republican-controlled House passed a spending plan Republican leaders in the General Assembly have tentatively agreed on a stopgap measure that dictates how North Carolina's government should keep spending as budget negotiations go into overtime. The House voted Monday night for legislation that lays out WHITE HOUSE SAYS CHINA CLIMATE PLAN FOLLOWS FROM TARGET ANNOUNCED BY OBAMA, XI IN 2014; BUILDS TOWARD PARIS TALKS Trending On Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying a White House veto threat, House Republicans moved forward Wednesday with a plan to block a key element of President Barack Obama's strategy for fighting climate change. FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2015 file photo, a plume of steam The Illinois House on Tuesday defeated Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to delay a massive Chicago Public Schools pension payment due at months’ end, a result of years of deeply rooted partisan mistrust surfacing in a new era of divided state government. .
The Ku Klux Klan plans to have a rally at the State House on July 18 in support of the Confederate flag. Oh, but don’t worry, the “Great Titan of the Loyal White Knights” promises it will be peaceful, according to WIS. — Chris Trainor As many as The White House says the power plant rules it plans to roll out this summer are part of a bid to create "long-term" incentives for wind and solar energy. President Obama's senior climate change adviser, Brian Deese, explained the strategy Tuesday in a The White House says it has no plans to bail out Puerto Rico from its debt crisis. Puerto Rico's governor is warning the island can't pay its $72 billion public debt, raising serious concerns about Puerto Rico's economy. But White House spokesman Josh US President Barack Obama (back C) and first lady Michelle Obama join Girl Scouts for a singalong during a camp-out on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington June 30, 2015. A group of 50 fourth-grade Girl Scouts plans to spend the night in camping .