On Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 9 a.m. Michael Boyce, the incoming chairman of the Cobb County commission, will present his goals and objectives to the commission in a special…
by Claire L. Ma, University of Michigan; Holly Jarman, University of Michigan, and Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The resignation of…
by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, UMass Amherst and Michal Horný, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end…
By Larry Felton Johnson Quizzes are a good way to learn about the features, culture and history of our county and cities. So for the past year or two I’ve…
By Rebecca Gaunt The newly-established city of Mableton will elect its first mayor and city council on March 21. With one candidate disqualified and another withdrawing, four people remain in…
By Larry Felton Johnson A group of Cobb County business and political leaders, and family members of the late Tim Lee, assembled in The Battery Atlanta last week to dedicate…
Joseph Nevins, Vassar College [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The June 2022 deaths of 53 people, victims of heat stroke, in the back of a…
By Arielle Robinson The Courier spoke last week with Terry Cummings, a Democrat running for Georgia House District 39. Cummings ran against incumbent Rep. Erica Thomas in the 2020 primaries….
At first glance the color-coded results map for the race between incumbent Republican Sheriff Neil Warren, and Sheriff-elect Craig Owens doesn’t look much different from other countywide races, where Democrats…
Democrat Jerica Richardson defeated Republican Fitz Johnson in the race to fill the seat of District 2 Commissioner Bob Ott on the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, and we’re going…