House Speaker Jon Burns nixed redistricting for special session

In a major legislative curveball just hours before the General Assembly was set to gavel in, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns has officially nixed plans to redraw the state’s political maps during this week's special session. The high-stakes announcement creates an immediate partisan rift under the Gold Dome, with legislative leaders directly bucking a push from outgoing Governor Brian Kemp to rewrite Georgia's U.S. congressional and state legislative boundaries.