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2022 Elections September 14, 2022

U.S. Senate Republicans shy away from proposed 15-week national abortion ban

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder and in the States Newsroom, republished with permission]September 14, 2022 WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans are skeptical…

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Law September 14, 2022

A New Mexico official who joined the Capitol attacks is barred from politics – but the little-known law behind the removal has some potential pitfalls for democracy

By Aziz Huq, University of Chicago; David Landau, Florida State University, and Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A county court…

Gasoline pump resting in its cradle used in articles about Georgia gasoline prices

Economy September 14, 2022

Fed likely to stay the course on interest rate hike as inflation ticks up but gas prices ease

By Edouard Wemy, Clark University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Federal Reserve received mixed news in the latest data on U.S. inflation as it…

Marietta History Center taken from other side of railroad tracks

History September 14, 2022

Color My Teacher: an oral history of Black Cobb County educators

The Marietta History Center continues its Diverse Cobb programming with Color My Teacher, an oral history project featuring interviews with Black teachers, counselors and principals. The showing will last through…

A rendering of the layout of the new Chalker Park

Kennesaw September 14, 2022

New Chalker Park in the works for Kennesaw

By Rebecca Gaunt Parks Director Steve Roberts presented the design concept for the new Chalker Park at Monday’s Kennesaw City Council work session. The new park, to be located at…

Health Care September 14, 2022

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health receives $500,000 grant for job re-entry program in Appalachian counties

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health, an agency serving Cobb and other Georgia counties, was awarded a $500,000 grant for workplace re-entry for people in recovery in the Appalachian counties the agency…

Climate and Weather September 14, 2022

Cobb County weather forecast for Wednesday September 14

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday September 14 with a high near 83 degrees. What is the Cobb overnight weather forecast for? The…

Environment September 13, 2022

A conversation with an environmental scientist about plastic recycling and the decline in curbside pickup

Curbside recycling programs have experienced hard times recently, not just nationally, but locally as well. Powder Springs recently discontinued it’s curbside recycling program, and Kennesaw considered dropping the service, but…

Cobb Sheriff's Office vehicle at Cobb government office in article about evictions

Cobb County September 13, 2022

Memorial services for Cobb Deputy Jonathan Randall Koleski and Deputy Marshall Samual Ervin finalized

Sgt. Jeremy Blake of the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office distributed the following schedule of the memorial services for Deputy Jonathan Randall Koleski and Deputy Marshall Samual Ervin who were killed…

Art September 13, 2022

Art Enriches Life: The Marietta Arts Council

By Brian Benfield Marietta Arts Council is a non-profit group of volunteers dedicated to the notion that art, in all forms, is for everyone and improves our quality of life,…

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Cobb County January 22, 2025

Acworth man killed in collision on Hickory Grove Road

[It is the policy of the Cobb County Courier to omit the names of people involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Officer S.A. Barner of the Cobb…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump executive order attacks long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship

by Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College and Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] One of President Donald…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump promises to end birthright citizenship and shut down the border – a legal scholar explains the challenges these actions could face

by Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] During his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald…

Justice January 22, 2025

Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains

by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly…

National January 22, 2025

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends

by Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Think Donald Trump can’t be president after his second term is up in January 2029?…

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