Posts

Economy December 19, 2022

Inflation, unemployment, the housing crisis and a possible recession: Two economists forecast what’s ahead in 2023

by D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Rodney Ramcharan, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With the current U.S. inflation rate…

Dog of the Day -- Happy Dog category December 19, 2022

“Who are you calling funny looking? Only my family can call me that! So just adopt me, and you’ll be family.” Cobb County Courier Dog of the Day, Dec. 19

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, in the Pugnacious category, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a tiny chihuahua mix. According to shelter staff, he has…

Disabilities December 19, 2022

11th Circuit reverses lower court’s decision in disability discrimination suit against Cobb County School District

By Rebecca Gaunt The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit disagreed with Chief Judge Timothy Batten, who found in favor of Cobb County School District last year,…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health Care December 19, 2022

RSV treatments for young children are lacking, but the record 2022 cold and flu season highlights the urgency for vaccines and other preventive strategies

by Annette Regan, University of San Francisco and Flor M. Munoz, Baylor College of Medicine, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For many parents, respiratory syncytial…

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Immigration December 19, 2022

A Trump-era law used to restrict immigration is nearing its end despite GOP warnings of a looming crisis at the Southern border

by Ernesto Castañeda, American University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A key component of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies is currently set to expire on…

Housing December 19, 2022

Voters embraced affordable housing initiatives. Advocates say Congress should do the same.

by Casey Quinlan, Georgia Recorder [This article was first published in the Georgia Recorder and in the States Newsroom, republished with permission] December 19, 2022 Voters in Colorado approved a…

Weather December 19, 2022

Cobb County weather forecast, December 19, 2022: extreme temperatures expected by late week

We might not get a snowy Christmas, but if the National Weather Service (NWS) is correct we’re going to have a very cold one, since a cold weather system is…

Cobb weather September 6: Photo of cloudy skies above a residential street

Weather December 19, 2022

Hazardous weather outlook issued for Cobb County: Cold rain and rapidly approaching extreme temperatures

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County on Monday December 19, 2022 due to a rapidly approaching system expected to bring cold rain this evening…

Law Enforcement December 18, 2022

Video of college student arrest raises questions about use of police on campus

by Jarell Skinner-Roy, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When a video emerged of a 20-year-old Black student being arrested at Winston-Salem State…

Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer in front of large Cobb police badge emblem speaking toward camera with TV station microphones in front

Cobb County Police Department, Law Enforcement December 18, 2022

Cobb police chief discusses facial recognition technology at press conference

by Arielle Robinson “We do not surveil our citizens. That is not what facial recognition does in this realm at all. I won’t say that other governments don’t do that,…

« 1 … 863 864 865 866 867 … 1,460 »

Georgia Bureau of Investigation September 16, 2025

Cobb Courier

Your Source for Local News