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Jon Burns

Jon Burns

Former president and CEO, Flushing Financial

Appears in 3 stories

Notable Quotes

Joining OceanFirst gives our customers a stronger balance sheet and a broader product set. — Flushing press release, December 2025

"Just think. We're actually going to do cosmology from the moon." — on LuSEE-Night reaching final assembly

"We've got to have the details, and it has to work. We need to make sure we can continue to do vital services—health care, public safety, education, all the things we talked about."

Stories

US regional bank consolidation accelerates in 2026

Money Moves

Non-executive chairman, OceanFirst Financial board

OceanFirst Financial closed its $579 million purchase of Flushing Financial on June 1. Warburg Pincus holds one of the 17 seats on the combined bank's board, giving the firm a governance role alongside its $225 million equity stake.

Updated Jun 2

First radio telescope heads to Moon's far side

New Capabilities

Leading scientific program for LuSEE-Night

The cosmic Dark Ages were a 200-million-year stretch after the Big Bang — just hydrogen gas, no stars. No instrument has ever detected light from this period: Earth's atmosphere blocks the radio frequencies, and human electronics drown out the faint signals.

Updated May 23

Georgia's $16 billion tax gamble

Rule Changes

Advancing competing property tax cut proposal

A Georgia Senate committee voted 6-3 along party lines to eliminate the state's income tax by 2032, starting with exempting the first $50,000 for individuals and $100,000 for couples in January 2027. The move would immediately blow a $3 billion hole in the state budget mid-fiscal year, eventually eliminating a $16 billion revenue stream that funds schools, healthcare, and infrastructure.

Updated May 19