CRANE: There’s a new speaker in town

State Representative Jon Burns (R-District 159) of Newington in Effingham County, is not new to the State House, having joined the body in 2005. Nor is he new to leadership, having served as GOP House Majority Leader since 2015. But he is new to the office of Speaker, arguably the second-most-powerful elected position in state government, and he will bring a slightly new approach to wielding…