Longtime state Rep. Butch Parrish, R-Swainsboro, has been appointed as the new House Rules chairman, succeeding Richard Smith who passed away last month. Parrish was appointed by Speaker Jon Burns, and will now head up the influential committee which decides which bills make it to the floor for a vote. His influence in the legislature is RISING…
Senate Republicans nominate new president pro tem
A follow up to yesterday’s Floating Boat – Georgia Senate Republicans this week also nominated state Sen. Larry Walker III, R-Perry, as president pro tem. That nomination won’t become a full election until the General Assembly convenes in January, at which point Walker will succeed state Sen. John F. Kennedy Jr., R-Macon, who is running for lt. governor. RISING…
