Below is a sample of the press coverage of the March 19, 2012 Forum featuring House Speaker Philip Gunn.
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AP/CLARION-LEDGER – House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, said Monday that writing a spending plan will be challenging because agencies have requested more money than is available, as they do most years. “Everyone knows that the budget is tight,” Gunn said during a forum sponsored by the Capitol press corps and Mississippi State University’s Stennis Institute of Government. Read more…
NE MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL – House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, said he expects a provision of a recently passed bill that could require women to undergo an invasive transvaginal ultrasound before having an abortion will receive additional scrutiny. “I know it is a controversial part of the bill. I think that is something that is probably going to be looked at as the bill continues to move through the process,” Gunn said. Gunn, the first-year speaker, made his comments during a luncheon meeting of the Mississippi State University Stennis Institute of Government/Capitol press corps luncheon. Read more…
MAGNOLIA MARKETPLACE BLOG – Speaker Phillip Gunn said Monday afternoon that he was generally pleased with the bills the House sent to the Senate before last week’s deadline to do so. Gunn was the speaker at the lunch meeting of the Stennis Capital Press Corps. Gunn referred just more than 1,500 bills to House committees. Of those, 268 survived the committee deadline; about 150 survived the deadline for floor action and were sent to the Senate. Read more…
MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC BROADCASTING (Audio link included) – Speaker Philip Gunn predicts smoother sailing. Read and listen…
JACKSON FREE PRESS – Gunn, a Clinton Republican, told attendees at a Capitol Press Club luncheon Monday that he’s been surprised by how many groups want to him to speak or that international visitors to the Capitol would solicit his thoughts on nuclear-arms proliferation. Read more…
WLBT-TV – Often accused by democrats of catering to the far right, Gunn says recent heated debates have helped set the pace in the House. Gunn gave the update to folks at the Stennis-Capitol Press Forum Monday in downtown Jackson. Video included. Read and watch…
WLOX-TV – Often accused by democrats of catering to the far right, Gunn says recent heated debates have helped set the pace in the House. Gunn gave the update to folks at the Stennis-Capitol Press Forum Monday in downtown Jackson. Read more…
HOME2012 – Speaker Gunn Addresses Stennis-Capitol Press Forum. Read more…
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