Cobb County posted the following announcement on its website about a work session the Board of Commissioners will hold this evening, February 15, 2022, to hear reports from staff on…
Cobb GIS has posted the interactive maps of the proposed cities of East Cobb, Lost Mountain, Mableton and Vinings on their site. You can zoom in, determine whether you are…
[Editors note: Aside from our early coverage of the Mableton cityhood movement, the Courier has been late to the game in covering the cityhood proposals that have swept the county….
by Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, used with permission]February 9, 2022 Ballot drop boxes are so secure they’ve survived getting hit by an…
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…
By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia RecorderFebruary 7, 2022 The powerful Republican Georgia Senate Majority Caucus legislative priorities for 2022 include dismantling license requirements to own firearms and banning so-called critical race…
By Arielle Robinson Acworth’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen issued two proclamations at their regular meeting Thursday evening — one that recognized 2021’s business of the year and another to…
Well-known Cobb County renters rights advocate Monica DeLancy announced that she will run for the Georgia House District 39 seat in the 2022 election cycle. She issued the following announcement…
By Kwasi Konadu, Colgate University and Clifford C. Campbell, Dartmouth College [first appeared in The Conversation, used with permission] The 13th Amendment is having a moment of reckoning. Considered one…
By Ken Hughes, University of Virginia [This story first appeared in The Conversation — used with permission] Now that a full year has passed since the Jan. 6, 2021, assault…