by Matthew Hall, University of Notre Dame; Brittany Solomon, University of Notre Dame, and Tyler Leigh, University of Notre Dame, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission]…
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by Matthew Hall, University of Notre Dame; Brittany Solomon, University of Notre Dame, and Tyler Leigh, University of Notre Dame, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission]…
by Xing Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology; Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Joseph Montoya, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission]…
by Solomon Greene, University of Denver, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In much of the United States, developers spend more to build an affordable apartment…
By Larry Felton Johnson Brian Benefield has been writing the wonderful periodic column Cobb Cuisine Community and Culture for us for quite some time. He usually focuses on restaurants, but…
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male black/white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this potential…
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male beige domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family…
By Mark Woolsey Cobb Police are investigating a serious motorcycle crash that happened over the weekend. Authorities say a 2005 Honda motorcycle and a blue 2009 Toyota Corolla were both…
By Mark Woolsey The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office says a 64-year-old jail detainee died this week after suffering an apparent heart attack. Officials say Robert Hardy was found in cardiac…
[This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield. Photo above use by permission of Brandi’s World Famous Hot Dogs] Every town has that one…
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, with a high near 95 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be partly…
By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Nearly every student of the political economy is aware of retrospective voting, where voters judge the party in power by…
A Heat Advisory remains in effect from noon until 8 p.m. EDT Tuesday for much of north, central, east-central, southeast and west-central Georgia, where heat index values are expected to…
The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…
This article by Amanda Seitz, Maia Rosenfeld, and Darius Tahir first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jul 27, 2026 A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the…
by Sam Gauntt, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 24, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted…
by Alander Rocha, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 27, 2026 An organization that represents the data center industry is trying to…
by Peter Kastor, Washington University in St. Louis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Air Force One used to be a high-flying symbol of American technology,…
by Allison Poulos, Arizona State University and Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As temperatures in Phoenix soared to 117 degrees…
by Katherine Shwetz, Rice University; University of Toronto, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As long as there have been vaccines, there have been people who…
By Larry Felton Johnson Cobb County has a vibrant business community, and we have quite a few national, international, and local headquarters here. Here’s Part 2 of what will be…