ATLANTA – Representative Jon Burns (R-Newington) commends Chief Harvey Cryder of the Screven County Fire Department on his appointment to the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council by former Speaker Mark Burkhalter on January 5, 2010. (more…)

ATLANTA – Yesterday the Committee on Assignments, chaired by Speaker Glenn Richardson, announced the committee assignments for the 2009 – 2010 legislative sessions. Representative Jon Burns was appointed Chairman of the Special Rules Committee and member of the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs; Game, Fish and Parks; Interstate Cooperation; and Transportation Committees. (more…)