No state lottery discussion expected at special session

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says he does not expect legislators to debate the creation of a state lottery during a special session next month.
Governor Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers back to the capitol starting June 5th to finish writing a budget for the year that begins July 1st. They still need to set spending plans for the attorney general and the Department of Transportation.
Gunn spoke Monday at a forum sponsored by the Capitol Press Corps and Mississippi State University’s Stennis Institute of Government.
In response to a question, Gunn said he does not expect Bryant to put a complicated and potentially time-consuming issue like a lottery on the agenda of the session.
Only a governor can call a special session and he sets the agenda.