Members of Cobb County’s state legislative delegation are urging Georgia’s U.S. senators to advocate to the Department of Defense for a bid process that would allow Lockheed Martin to submit…
By Rebecca Gaunt Voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Cobb County school board redistricting map, alleging discrimination against communities of color, particularly Black and Hispanic voters, by…
by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 4, 2022 A leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s highly anticipated ruling on…
By Arielle Robinson The Southern Poverty Law Center along with local civil rights and activist groups hosted a media briefing Thursday afternoon over concerns about gerrymandered redistricting maps making their…
By Arielle Robinson Wednesday morning in Marietta Square the Cobb County SCLC, Cobb NAACP, local religious leaders and various community groups held a press conference where they denounced GOP efforts…
Chairwoman Lisa Cupid of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners issued the following statements on the movements to form new cities in the county, and on the redistricting maps proposed…
In a video, a group of Cobb public officials and other leading figures urged residents to get vaccinated and mask up to slow the spread of the pandemic that is…
At its August 5 networking luncheon the Smyrna Business Association hosted three state legislators: state Sen. Jen Jordan (SD-6), Rep. Erick Allen (HD-40), and Rep. Teri Anulewicz (HD-42). All three…
Monique Sheffield was sworn in as the new county commissioner from District 4. Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill, who had her own swearing-in ceremony last week, presided over the ceremony…
NARAL Pro-choice Georgia announced its slate of candidates in a press release, including eight candidates in Georgia House and Senate races whose districts are at least partly in Cobb County….