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National May 27, 2022

Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

By Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University and David R. Jones, Baruch College, CUNY [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and…

National May 26, 2022

How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today

By Robert Spitzer, State University of New York College at Cortland [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket…

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2022 Elections May 26, 2022

Sonja Brown and James Luttrell will face each other in the June 21 runoff for Cobb County Superior Court

Magistrate Court Judge Sonja Brown and attorney James Luttrell will face each other in the June 21 runoff for the Cobb Superior Court seat opened by the retirement of Judge…

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2022 Elections May 25, 2022

Cummings and DeLancy face likely June 21 runoff for House District 39 Democratic Primary

The unofficial vote tally in the Democratic race for Georgia state House District 39 indicates that Terry Cummings and Monica DeLancy will likely face each other in a runoff on…

a map showing the boundaries of the proposed new cities in Cobb County

2022 Elections May 25, 2022

East Cobb, Lost Mountain and Vinings cityhood votes all fail

The tally is unofficial, but with 100 percent of the precincts reporting residents of the proposed cities of East Cobb, Lost Mountain and Vinings all voted no for cityhood. The…

Former Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Brian Kemp. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

2022 Elections May 24, 2022

Pence and Trump hold competing rallies to boost rival Georgia GOP campaigns

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 24, 2022 Georgians will head to the polls Tuesday for the last day of…

2022 Elections May 23, 2022

Record early voting ends, setting up Georgia’s high-stakes 2022 Election Day

By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 23, 2022 Tuesday’s primary election for Georgia governor, secretary of state, Congress, state lawmakers,…

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2022 Elections May 23, 2022

Tally of votes cast at the end of early voting in Cobb County, with breakdown by party and poll site

Early voting ended Friday evening in Cobb County for the May 24 primary and nonpartisan general election, and the Cobb elections website posted the total votes cast for the period,…

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Crime May 21, 2022

Marietta man convicted of rape of a six-year-old child sentenced to life plus 25 years

Jamal Adams was sentenced to life plus 25 years to be served in confinement for the rape of a six-year-old child. He was convicted on May 6, 2022 in Cobb…

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