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Elections May 9, 2024

U.S. House GOP targets noncitizen voting, even though it’s rare

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 8, 2024 WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday unveiled a bill…

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Immigration May 8, 2024

Trump promises to deport all undocumented immigrants, resurrecting a 1950s strategy − but it didn’t work then and is less likely to do so now

by Katrina Burgess, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] While campaigning in Iowa last September, former President Donald Trump made a promise to voters…

Justice May 8, 2024

Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

by Sam D. Hayes, Trinity College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional…

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Cobb County May 2, 2024

Man sentenced in Cobb County to 10 years for aggravated stalking

Michael Lydon Strong, 43, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aggravated stalking (a felony), and disorderly conduct. Georgia law defines aggravated stalking as follows: A person commits the…

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Elections April 28, 2024

Advance voting for Cobb General Primary/Nonpartisan election begins tomorrow

Cobb County residents can begin casting their ballots in the primaries tomorrow, April 29, 2024. The Presidential Preference Primary was already held, and this primary is for all other offices….

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Austell April 7, 2024

The incorporation of Austell, Georgia in September 1885

With the recent incorporation of the City of Mableton as the now-largest city in the county, we’ve decided to revisit our series Cobb County history through documents. This is an…

Immigration April 4, 2024

GOP, Trump build on immigration fears to push voting restrictions in states

by Zachary Roth, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 3, 2024 With polls showing unauthorized immigration as Republicans’ best issue for the…

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Georgia March 26, 2024

Georgia lawmakers could still tinker with election rules in waning days of 2024 legislative session

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 25, 2024 Georgia’s lawmakers head into the final week of the 2024 legislative…

Justice March 21, 2024

Nixon declared Americans deserved to know ‘whether their president is a crook’ – Trump says the opposite

by Spencer Goidel, Auburn University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] One of the four criminal trials of Donald Trump was slated to start in the…

International March 20, 2024

Putin has no successor, no living rivals and no retirement plan – why his eventual death will set off a vicious power struggle

by Robert Person, United States Military Academy West Point, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Two things are certain concerning Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. First, he…

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