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FILE-In this Oct. 6, 2009 file photograph, Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc., speaks to reporters about his startup company he hopes to build in Tunica County, near Robinsonville, Miss. Mississippi's state auditor Stacey Pickering said Wednesday, July 5, 2017, that the leader of the troubled electric car maker and the company should repay $6.36 million in state and local aid the company received, plus what Pickering says are penalties, interest and recovery costs. GreenTech promised to invest $60 million and create 350 jobs in Robinsonville. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE- In this Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc., speaks to reporters near three prototype cars his startup company hoped to build in Tunica, Miss. Mississippi's state auditor Stacey Pickering said Wednesday, July 5, 2017, that the leader of the troubled electric car maker and the company, should repay $6.36 million in state and local aid the company received, plus what Pickering says are penalties, interest and recovery costs. GreenTech promised to invest $60 million and create 350 jobs in Robinsonville. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE- In this June 13, 2016, file photo, employees cars are parked outside the GreenTech Automotive manufacturing plant in Robinsonville, Miss. Mississippi's state auditor Stacey Pickering said Wednesday, July 5, 2017, that Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc., should repay $6.36 million in state and local aid the company received, plus what Pickering says are penalties, interest and recovery costs. GreenTech promised to invest $60 million and create 350 jobs in Robinsonville. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE- In this June 13, 2016 file photo, production cars are parked outside the GreenTech Automotive manufacturing plant in Robinsonville, Miss. Mississippi's state auditor Stacey Pickering said Wednesday, July 5, 2017, Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc., the head of the troubled electric car company and the company, should repay $6.36 million in state and local aid the company received, plus what Pickering says are penalties, interest and recovery costs. GreenTech promised to invest $60 million and create 350 jobs in Robinsonville. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE - In this June 22, 2017 file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas. Paxton has raised more than $500,000 to pay for private attorneys who are defending him on criminal securities fraud charges. Financial statements released Wednesday, July 5, 2017, show that the Republican last year received donations for his legal bills not just from Texas but from individuals and groups in Arizona, Arkansas and Virginia. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Chicago. Governor Rauner vetoed on Tuesday a package of legislation that raised the income tax by a permanent 32 percent to finance a $36 billion spending plan, which would be Illinois' first budget since 2015. Michael Madigan, the speaker of the Illinois House has scheduled a vote for Thursday to override the governor's veto of budget package, ending a budget stalemate that has lasted more than two years. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Chicago. Rauner vetoed a package of legislation that raised the income tax by a permanent 32 percent to finance a $36 billion spending plan, which would be Illinois' first budget since 2015. The Illinois House has scheduled a Thursday session which the chamber would vote to override the veto, ending a budget stalemate that has lasted more than two years. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Chicago. Governor Rauner vetoed on Tuesday a package of legislation that raised the income tax by a permanent 32 percent to finance a $36 billion spending plan, which would be Illinois' first budget since 2015. Michael Madigan, the speaker of the Illinois House has scheduled a vote for Thursday to override the governor's veto of budget package, ending a budget stalemate that has lasted more than two years. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Chicago. Governor Rauner vetoed on Tuesday a package of legislation that raised the income tax by a permanent 32 percent to finance a $36 billion spending plan, which would be Illinois' first budget since 2015. Michael Madigan, the speaker of the Illinois House has scheduled a vote for Thursday to override the governor's veto of budget package, ending a budget stalemate that has lasted more than two years. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Chicago. Governor Rauner vetoed on Tuesday a package of legislation that raised the income tax by a permanent 32 percent to finance a $36 billion spending plan, which would be Illinois' first budget since 2015. Michael Madigan, the speaker of the Illinois House has scheduled a vote for Thursday to override the governor's veto of budget package, ending a budget stalemate that has lasted more than two years. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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This photo provided by Beacon Press shows the book jacket of “Man’s Search for Meaning,” by Viktor E. Frankl. Christine King, owner of YourBestFit, based in Boynton Beach, Fla., recommends the book to other business owners. (Courtesy of Beacon Press via AP)
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A Volvo XC 90 is shown at the Volvo Cars Showroom in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT via AP) ** FILE **
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Colm Meaney (left) and Timothy Spall in a scene from "The Journey." (The Irish Post)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the launch of the Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile. (Associated Press) ** FILE**
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FILE – This Jan. 17, 2013 file photo shows a natural gas drilling site in the Susquehanna County township of New Milford, Pa. Natural gas producers drilled more than twice as many shale wells in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. One big reason is that natural gas prices have recovered from 20-year lows, nearly doubling since last year. Three counties, Washington, Greene and Susquehanna, account for more than 60 percent of the wells drilled so far this year. ( (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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FILE – In this Oct. 14, 2011, file photo, a drilling rig is set up to tap gas from the Marcellus Shale gas field, near a barn in the Susquehanna County township of Springville, Pa. Natural gas producers drilled more than twice as many shale wells in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. One big reason is that natural gas prices have recovered from 20-year lows, nearly doubling since last year. Three counties, Washington, Greene and Susquehanna, account for more than 60 percent of the wells drilled so far this year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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FILE – In this April 1, 2016, file photo, a shale gas drilling rig, background, rises above a private home, foreground, in the Washington County city of Washington, Pa. Natural gas producers drilled more than twice as many shale wells in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. One big reason is that natural gas prices have recovered from 20-year lows, nearly doubling since last year. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam, File)
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Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, second from left, speaks with Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady, R-Bloomington on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, on the Senate floor at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate has OK'd an annual spending plan of $36 billion following a critical vote to raise the income tax rate. If approved by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, it would be Illinois' first budget in more than two years. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Sen. Dale Righter, R-Mattoon, right, talks with Sen. Michael Connelly, R-Naperville, Tuesday, July 4, 2017, on the Senate floor at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate has OK'd an annual spending plan of $36 billion following a critical vote to raise the income tax rate. If approved by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, it would be Illinois' first budget in more than two years. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, right, listens to the brief debate on a package of budget bills passed by the Senate on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate has OK'd an annual spending plan of $36 billion following a critical vote to raise the income tax rate. If approved by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, it would be Illinois' first budget in more than two years. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)
