Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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Health Care November 25, 2022

Restaurant and other food service inspection scores in Cobb County: Friday, November 18 – Thursday, November 24, 2022

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotel and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. This covers…

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Health Care November 25, 2022

COVID cases among Cobb County’s school-aged residents for the 14-day period ending November 23, 2022

The table below is a summary of the Georgia Department of Public Health‘s School Aged COVID-19 Data Report for Cobb County and statewide for the two-week period ending November 23,…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes November 25, 2022

The Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz

Quizmaster, The Conversation If you have feedback on our new quiz, or want to suggest a fact from a fascinating story for a future question, please send us an email…

Transportation November 25, 2022

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for the week of Saturday, November 26 to Friday December 2, 2022

The following list of alerts and road/lane closures is reprinted from the Cobb County Department of Transportation Weekly Travel Advisory for the week of Saturday, November 26 to Friday December…

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Health Care cost November 25, 2022

Private Equity Sees the Billions in Eye Care as Firms Target High-Profit Procedures

[This article by Lauren Weber first appeared in September in Kaiser Health News and in Fortune, republished with permission] Lauren Weber September 19, 2022 ST. LOUIS — Christina Green hoped…

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Climate change November 25, 2022

Dreaming of beachfront real estate? Much of Florida’s coast is at risk of storm erosion that can cause homes to collapse, as Daytona just saw

by Zhong-Ren Peng, University of Florida [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Back-to-back hurricanes left an unnerving scene on the Florida coast in November 2022: Several…

Health Care cost November 25, 2022

His-and-Hers Cataract Surgeries, But His Bill Was 20 Times as Much

[This article by Angela Hart first appeared in Kaiser Health News and on NPR in June of this year, republished with permission] Angela Hart Photos by Heidi de Marco June…

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Energy November 25, 2022

How to design clean energy subsidies that work – without wasting money on free riders

by Eric Hittinger, Rochester Institute of Technology; Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Qing Miao, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Tiruwork B. Tibebu, Rochester Institute of Technology [This article first…

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2022 Elections November 25, 2022

Can Warnock or Walker win over the 81,000 Georgians who voted for the Libertarian in November?

by Ray Glier, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 25, 2022 What is to become of the 81,278 voters who marked their…

Marietta November 25, 2022

Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin to present his annual State of the City December 1

Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin will present his annual State of the City address at the Cobb Chamber’s Marietta Area Council Luncheon on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 11:30 a.m. The…

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Marietta January 23, 2025

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