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…
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…
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…
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by Jonathan Losos, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The…
by Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, added more…
by Jacob L. Nelson, University of Utah, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Journalism faces a credibility crisis. Only 32% of Americans report having “a great…
By Larry Felton Johnson This afternoon, I received an email that no editor or publisher ever wants to receive. The publisher of the Times-Journal organization, which publishes the Marietta Daily…
by Julie Maslowsky, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of identity formation, when young people figure…
by Elise J. Bean, Wayne State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the past four years, U.S. courts and state bar associations have taken…