by Arielle Robinson At its first meeting of 2024 Tuesday, Mableton’s Mayor and City Council elected City Councilwoman Keisha Jeffcoat as mayor pro tem and had its first reading of…
by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 2, 2024 A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Texas group’s campaign to…
Democratic state Representative Doug Stoner (HD-40) announced he will not seek reelection. The maps redrawn by the GOP-led legislature place him in the same Smyrna district, House District 42, as…
By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County Board of Education approved the use of general funds to extend the one-time $1,000 governor’s bonus to all half-time or full-time non-temporary district employees…
[This is one of a series presenting statistics about Cobb County, taken from publicly available data sources. We aim to use charts to make the data easy to understand.] Below…
Put that used Christmas to work for the environment between now and January 6 by dropping it off at one of the Home Depot or Cobb PARKS sites reprinted below….
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced it is suspending lane closures for the holiday weekend. The suspension took effect yesterday and will last until 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, January…
As the editor and publisher of the Cobb County Courier, I decide how our editorial calendar looks for the year. Some years, I’m happy with the job I’ve done; some…
by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 27, 2023 Georgia legislators are eyeing changing an outdated law that hinders local…