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Education February 7, 2022

Cobb School board member David Banks’ emails raise ethics questions

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School Board Vice Chairman David Banks is still sending emails to parents that refer to COVID-19 as the “China virus,” despite community backlash from a…

Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

2019 Elections October 30, 2019

Lindley denies initiating ethics complaint against Blackburn

In an email to the Cobb County Courier, Travis Lindley, who is challenging incumbent Councilwoman Maryline Blackburn for Smyrna’s Ward 3 city council seat, denied initiating an ethics complaint that…

2019 Elections October 29, 2019

Watchdog group files ethics complaint against Maryline Blackburn

William Perry, executive director of Georgia Ethics Watchdogs, filed an ethics complaint against Councilwoman Maryline Blackburn, who represents Smyrna’s Ward 3. Blackburn is Smyrna’s first African-American city council member, and…

Assistant Cobb County Attorney William Rowling talks about proposed changes to the appointment of ethics board members (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County board of commissioners January 23, 2019

GA Supreme Court ruling prompts changes to selection of Cobb ethics board

During the first public hearing on proposed amendments to Cobb’s 2019 Code, changes were proposed to the way members of the Cobb County Board of Ethics are chosen. The seven…

August 18, 2015

Standards and Ethics

We keep our standards and ethics policy simple, and adhere to best practices of traditional print journalism. For hard news stories we adhere to the Code of Ethics of the…

Comic-like drawing of downtown area with an explosion and the word Boom in comic font

Geek culture March 14, 2025

For superfans, comic-con culture is more than fun – it’s sacred, a sociologist explains

by Michael Elliott, Towson University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Picture a packed stadium of fans in extreme weather, all clad in their favorite jerseys,…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health Care March 12, 2025

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

by Amy Lauren Fairchild, Syracuse University and Ronald Bayer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Federal datasets began disappearing…

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International March 4, 2025

USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security

by Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025, President…

Justice March 4, 2025

What are conflicts of interest and what can be done about them?

by Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Americans’ trust in government and politicians is at record lows. In a 2022 Pew…

Health Care February 25, 2025

Trump Froze Out Project 2025 in His Campaign. Now Its Blueprint Is His Health Care Playbook.

This article by Stephanie Armour first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Stephanie Armour February 24, 2025 Few voters likely expected President Donald Trump in the first weeks…

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