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The Deemsters: a five piece band on stage

Food January 17, 2022

Another visit to the Green Room of Mableton

It’s been a while since I’ve paid a visit to The Green Room of Mableton, the restaurant and music venue located at 1391 Veterans Memorial Hwy SW Suite 114 on…

a heat map of the parts of the county with the least resources to recover from disaster, explained in the text of the article

Cobb by the Numbers January 16, 2022

How resilient are Cobb residents in the face of disaster? The Census Community Resilience Estimates

How prepared are Cobb County residents in the face of disaster? The U.S. Census Bureau has created a means of evaluating how prepared communities within Cobb County are to recover…

2022 Elections January 15, 2022

Q & A with Jennifer Strahan, a Republican candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District

By Arielle Robinson Jennifer Strahan, a Republican hopeful for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, answered the Courier’s questions about herself and her campaign over the phone Friday afternoon. Strahan is one…

Building with stucco finish and arched doorway housing the Cobb elections headquarters

2022 Elections January 7, 2022

SPLC announced lawsuit against new Georgia Congressional maps

The Southern Poverty Law Center announced its participation in a lawsuit against new congressional district maps, that, among other things, put the majority Black and Democratic Powder Springs and Austell…

Tin Foil Hattery January 7, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene sez all you Communists with yer fancy vaccines and science can take a leap

In the “why should I have brakes on my car when I haven’t wrecked it yet?” department, the veritable fountain of bad takes and wacky rant, Marjorie Taylor Greene, was…

Marcus Flowers in black cowboy hat leaning against a vertical-paneled wooden barn wall

2022 Elections January 6, 2022

Interview with Marcus Flowers, a Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District

By Arielle Robinson The Courier interviewed Marcus Flowers, a Democrat running for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, by phone Wednesday afternoon. Flowers seeks to unseat current U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,…

Tin Foil Hattery January 5, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on all Republicans to leave Twitter

In a call to action certain to spark cheers among Democrats, assuming others in the GOP follow her lead, Marjorie Taylor Greene called on her fellow Republicans to leave Twitter…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Environment January 1, 2022

Drop your Christmas Tree off for recycling in Cobb County until January 8

This is just a reminder that there is a one-week window left for doing the environmentally correct thing. Bring your used Christmas tree to one of the locations listed below….

clouding weather image with severe weather warning in text: flooding in Cobb and Douglas counties near Sweetwater Creek

Climate and Weather December 31, 2021

Flooding already occurring in Cobb and Douglas counties, with flood warning still in effect

According to this morning’s report from the National Weather Service, the hazardous weather outlook continues for Cobb County and much of the rest of north Georgia, with flooding already occurring…

Tin Foil Hattery December 30, 2021

MTG says that maybe U.S. should be destroyed in Congress, rather than in a real Civil War

After making her widely ridiculed and panned comments on Twitter yesterday that suggested she’d be in favor of dismantling the United States and denying the right to vote to Californians…

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Marietta March 12, 2025

Fire in mechanic shop on Gann Road

On Tuesday afternoon, Cobb County and Marietta firefighters battled a blaze at a mechanic shop. The fire broke out at the shop in the 100 block of Gann Road around…

Business March 12, 2025

Cobb Chamber wins 5-star designation

By Mark Woolsey The Cobb County Chamber has won a coveted 5-star designation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, officials of the local business group announced. The chamber was cited…

National March 11, 2025

How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority

by Charles Wise, The Ohio State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s first few weeks in office, a…

History March 11, 2025

The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate

by Alex Green, Harvard Kennedy School, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As promised, the second Trump administration has quickly rolled out a slew of policies…

Health Care March 11, 2025

GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard

by Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts…

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