This article by Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom, first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom March 15, 2024 Aside from a few discarded…
City of Austell residents’ 911 calls are now being answered by Cobb County’s Department of Emergency Communications (DEC). The change from Austell running a separate 911 service to the county…
by Charlene Harrington, University of California, San Francisco, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Governments at both state and federal levels have yet to fully wield…
by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In my mind, the spring season will always be associated with COVID-19. In spring…
[The Courier has a policy of omitting names from reports of traffic incidents that are still under investigation] A multi-vehicle pileup in Mableton resulted in one dead and several seriously…
Due to an increase in Cobb County‘s rating by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Cobb residents are eligible for a 15 percent discount for flood insurance. The discount takes…
by Sarah Lynch, Binghamton University, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Food and Drug Administration’s 2023 approval of the first…
[UPDATE and CORRECTION: Robert Skinner of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office sent the following to the Courier via email: “Our office does not mail precinct cards to voters. This…
This open letter was distributed by Rich Pellegrino for the Cobb Immigrant Alliance and Cobb SCLC An Open Letter to Governor Brian Kemp from the Cobb Immigrant Alliance & SCLC …
Seventy-three voters were sent incorrect ballots by Cobb Elections and Registration and are being notified of the error. Only Republican primary ballots were sent out with the 194 ballots that…