by Casey Quinlan, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 23, 2022 Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum…
Callie Freitag, University of Washington and Heather D. Hill, University of Washington [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] CC BY-ND In the United States, children are…
The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for tracking white supremacist and other hate groups, issued a statement on the spread of COVID-19 in the Cobb County School District. The…
In this article I’ll present a color-coded interactive map that contains data on the poverty rate in Cobb County within each census tract. If you want to skip the explanations…
On its face, Osborne High School appears to be “failing,” based on criteria set by the state and the Cobb County School District. With a population of 2,200 students who…
On the Sunday morning of MLK Weekend, lines of cars wrapped a mile or so from Austell-Powder Springs Road to Clay Road, heading toward South Cobb’s Threadmill Mall for the…
The City of Marietta’s Public Works Department has received full accreditation from the American Public Works Association (APWA), according to an announcement on the city’s website. The accreditation verifies that…
The City of Marietta posted the following announcement to its website about a public hearing on the FY2024 budget, which will be voted on by the city council on Jun…
Three arrests made for the May 21, 2022 shooting death of Grayson Green. [The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and…
Create Austell sent the following information about their coming June 10 meeting: Next Saturday, June 10th, members from Create Austell will be holding its second meet and greet to socialize,…