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Education May 4, 2022

Kennesaw State to graduate more than 3,500 during spring commencement

Kennesaw State University is scheduled to graduate more than 3,500 students during its spring commencement ceremonies on May 11 and 12. The ceremonies will take place at the Convocation Center…

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Business April 29, 2022

Home Depot awards $1 million in campus improvement grants to HBCU

The Home Depot, the Cobb County-headquartered international home improvement retail giant, awarded $1 million dollars in grants for campus improvements at 30 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through its…

Two women holding up signs opposing Lost Mountain cityhood

2022 Elections April 25, 2022

Lost Mountain cityhood opponents say it’s a “bait and switch”

By Rebecca Gaunt [Editor’s note: After the publication of this article a representative from Protect West Cobb reached out to us with a request to clarify that Protect West Cobb…

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Crime April 23, 2022

Man sentenced to life without parole for murder of girlfriend in Marietta

According to a public information release from the office of Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady Jr., Willie Felix Thompson, 63, was found guilty in a jury trial of…

Opinion April 21, 2022

Bookman: Kemp enjoys ‘special’ access to campaign cash flowing from donors coveting state favors

By Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 21, 2022 One of the running themes of the Stacey Abrams campaign has…

Kennesaw April 20, 2022

Kennesaw townhome development coming to Duncan Drive

By Rebecca Gaunt Devin’s Shire, a 35-townhome development, is coming to Duncan Drive, across from the Post Office and just a few blocks from downtown Kennesaw. Kennesaw City Council approved…

2022 Elections April 14, 2022

Lawsuit filed to block Lost Mountain cityhood referendum

By Rebecca Gaunt Questioning the constitutionality of its city charter, West Cobb Advocate filed a lawsuit Wednesday to remove the May 24 referendum for Lost Mountain cityhood from the ballot….

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Education April 13, 2022

When are book bans unconstitutional? A First Amendment scholar explains

By Erica Goldberg, University of Dayton [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The United States has become a nation divided over important issues in K-12 education,…

Harmony Leland Elementary School in article about raises for the Board of Education

Education April 13, 2022

‘Every day feels unsettled’ – educators decry staffing shortage

By Laura Wangsness Willemsen, Concordia University, Saint Paul; Elisheva L. Cohen, Indiana University, and John W. Braun, Concordia University, Saint Paul [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

National April 7, 2022

U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson, ‘America at its best,’ to Supreme Court

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia RecorderApril 7, 2022 WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson will make history by becoming the first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, after Democratic…

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