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Climate and Weather July 10, 2024

Cobb County weather forecast for Wednesday, July 10, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, with a high near 89 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be mostly clear,…

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Climate July 9, 2024

Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world

by Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Jeffrey Basara, UMass Lowell, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority…

Education July 9, 2024

‘Divisive concepts’ law at work: LGBTQ books pulled from Cobb schools, Shakespeare flagged for review

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School District documents showed that at least 30 recently-acquired books with LGBTQ themes and characters were removed from high school libraries in August 2023, and…

Town Center July 9, 2024

Town Center Community & Kaiser Permanente to sponsor Hydration Pop-up

Cobb is a county with abundant opportunities for outdoor recreational activities. Its extensive network of multi-use paths includes the Silver Comet Trail, which spans from Cobb County to the Alabama…

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Education July 9, 2024

Superintendent pulls plug on Cobb’s $50 million event center

By Rebecca Gaunt In a surprise move during Tuesday’s special called meeting, Superintendent Chris Ragsdale asked the Cobb County school board to kill the controversial $50 million event center, citing…

Elections July 9, 2024

Nevada is a battleground state – and may be a bellwether of more extreme partisanship

by Thom Reilly, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the course of Nevada history, no one party has dominated the state’s politics,…

Elections July 9, 2024

2024 is not 1968 − and the Democratic convention in Chicago will play out very differently than in the days of Walter Cronkite

by Heather Hendershot, Northwestern University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The presidential nominating conventions every four years are political events, but they are also media…

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Elections July 9, 2024

Groups readying mass voter challenges in Georgia’s 2024 elections. There’s an app for that.

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 8, 2024 Georgians are logging into hot new apps intended to help find…

Climate and Weather July 9, 2024

Cobb County weather forecast for Tuesday, July 9, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, with a high near 94 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…

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Environment July 9, 2024

Update on the spills into Lake Allatoona

Image above created with DALL-E from ChatGPT By Larry Felton Johnson Here is a quick summary of the article below: The Cobb County Northwest Water Reclamation Facility reported spills of…

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Cobb County weather forecast for Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world

‘Divisive concepts’ law at work: LGBTQ books pulled from Cobb schools, Shakespeare flagged for review

Town Center Community & Kaiser Permanente to sponsor Hydration Pop-up

Superintendent pulls plug on Cobb’s $50 million event center

Nevada is a battleground state – and may be a bellwether of more extreme partisanship

2024 is not 1968 − and the Democratic convention in Chicago will play out very differently than in the days of Walter Cronkite

Groups readying mass voter challenges in Georgia’s 2024 elections. There’s an app for that.

Cobb County weather forecast for Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Update on the spills into Lake Allatoona