June 2022

Health Care June 29, 2022

Why Roe v. Wade’s demise – unlike gay rights or Ukraine – isn’t getting corporate America to speak up

By Alessandro Piazza, Rice University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Corporate America – once known for carefully avoiding public stances on hot button issues –…

Grainy old photo of the outlaw Grat Dalton

Gun violence June 29, 2022

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

By Pierre M. Atlas, IUPU [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it…

National June 29, 2022

Trump had to be physically restrained from joining Jan. 6 mob, House panel told

by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 29, 2022 Donald Trump had to be held back from joining his enraged, rioting…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Health Care June 29, 2022

Will Georgia’s anti-abortion movement target pills by mail again post-Roe?

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 28, 2022 The battle over Roe v. Wade is done, but the fight over…

Climate and Weather June 29, 2022

Hazardous Weather Outlook for Cobb County: likelihood of afternoon thunderstorms, some of which could be strong

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and much of the rest of north Georgia due to the likelihood of scattered thunderstorms, some of which…

Climate and Weather June 29, 2022

Cobb County weather June 29: likelihood of afternoon thunderstorms

The National Weather Service forecasts a likelihood of thunderstorms here in Cobb County on Wednesday June 29, with a high near 83. The NWS has also issued a hazardous weather…

Health Care June 28, 2022

Sheriffs Who Denounced Colorado’s Red Flag Law Are Now Using It

Markian Hawryluk June 28, 2022 Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s red flag law when it was passed in 2019. He thought the law made it…

Cobb County June 28, 2022

Cobb police request new record management system, additional funding and phased build-out for new Precinct 6

At their meeting this evening, Tuesday June 28, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners will hear a request from Cobb Chief of Police Stuart VanHoozer, Sheriff Craig Owens, Public Safety…

Business June 28, 2022

Athene Holding will pay and administer pensions for 13,600 more Lockheed Martin retirees after sale of group annuity contracts to LM

Lockheed Martin Corporation announced in a press release that it transferred about $4.3 billion in gross pension obligations by purchasing group annuity contracts from Athene Holding Ltd. This obligates Athene…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Cobb County June 28, 2022

Agricultural accident leaves West Cobb man dead

According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department, a man was killed when a tractor he had been operating overturned. The department’s…

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