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2020 Elections September 16, 2020

Candidate profile: Luisa Wakeman, Democratic candidate for Georgia House District 43

Democratic Party candidate for District 43 of the Georgia House of Representatives Luisa Wakeman answered questions from the Courier this week about her campaign and who she is. Wakeman, a…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Business September 14, 2020

Professional Women of East Cobb

Women who own businesses and/or are pursuing professional careers in East Cobb have a new voice-and resource. A group calling itself Professional Women of East Cobb has formed as a…

Kennesaw September 2, 2020

Kennesaw considering changes to alcohol ordinance

A possible change to Kennesaw’s alcohol ordinance could make the entertainment district a whole lot more entertaining. The proposed change would allow businesses that don’t currently qualify for an alcohol…

Kennesaw State University June 2, 2020

KSU union decries proposed budget cuts, possible lost jobs

Kennesaw State University’s chapter of the United Campus Workers of Georgia issued a press release Thursday, accusing KSU President Dr. Pamela Whitten’s administration of lack of transparency with regard to…

Cobb County government building in article about rental assistance

2020 Elections May 4, 2020

Cobb absentee ballots in record-setting territory

County voter requests for absentee ballots are in record-setting territory- and still climbing- in advance of June’s primary, matching robust numbers reported by the Secretary of State’s office Cobb County’s…

Janet Memark speaks at Healthy Start meeting used in article about COVID cases in Cobb

Health Care February 14, 2020

Healthy Start program aims to improve pregnancy outcomes among African-American women

A room full of community health professionals, social workers, agency officials and community leaders met at the Smyrna Community Center on Jan. 22, 2020 for the first meeting of the…

2020 Elections January 31, 2020

Jannquell Peters: Candidate for GA U.S. 13th Congressional District

Jannquell Peters is the former mayor of East Point. She is running in the Democratic primary against incumbent David Scott and two other hopefuls to represent the 13th Congressional District…

Environment October 28, 2019

Bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has support of Kennesaw activists

Climate activists who support the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, or H.R. 763, say it will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while stimulating American innovation and the economy. Citizens…

James Herndon at Rev's Coffee Rosters in Smyrna (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2020 Elections September 16, 2019

Herndon calls for budget transparency, detention officers

In an interview at Rev Coffee Roasters in Smyrna, James “Jimmy” Herndon, candidate for Cobb County sheriff, told the Courier that the Sheriffs Office should make a complete budget publicly…

Education August 29, 2019

Cobb Students Talk Drugs, Mental Health and Inequity to Superintendents

A panel of Cobb students shared their struggles with mental health, drugs and inequity in school to an audience of parents, teachers and superintendents at the Cobb NAACP Annual Education…

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