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Public Transit July 5, 2022

Latest GDOT Major Mobility Investment Program newsletter features transit project with high impact on Cobb County

The July 5 edition of the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Major Mobility Investment Program Newsletter features updates on a project that will have a high impact Cobb County, and is…

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Land Use and Zoning July 5, 2022

Cobb Planning Commission delays decision on application to allow 32 townhomes on Wade Green Road

The Cobb County Planning Commission held (or delayed) a decision until the next meeting on an application from KM Homes that would allow the company to build a 32-unit townhome…

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Health Care July 4, 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A World Without ‘Roe’

June 30, 2022 [This podcast was produced by Kaiser Health News, republished with permission] Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on…

Religion July 4, 2022

‘It’s not a religious service’: Are prayers after football games harmless?

by Ray Glier, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]July 4, 2022 The headlines blared and the news was treated as a thunderbolt, something…

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Town Center July 3, 2022

Cobb BOC approves funding for additional design services for the South Barrett Reliever

At last Tuesday’s meeting of the the Cobb County Board of Commissioners the commissioners unanimously approved additional funding for design services for Phase 3 of the South Barrett Reliever. According…

Cobb County June 30, 2022

Cobb County Board of Commissioners announces tax increase for 2022, public hearings

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners issued an announcement today that there will be an increase in property taxes, and three state-mandated public hearings on the millage rate and budget….

Health Care June 28, 2022

Sheriffs Who Denounced Colorado’s Red Flag Law Are Now Using It

Markian Hawryluk June 28, 2022 Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s red flag law when it was passed in 2019. He thought the law made it…

Health Care June 28, 2022

Donating to help women get abortions is a First Amendment right – protected by Supreme Court precedents

By Lucinda M. Finley, University at Buffalo [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Several Texas abortion funds – which are charities that help people who can’t…

Religion June 28, 2022

Why the Supreme Court’s football decision is a game-changer on school prayer

By Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools. At…

Georgia NAACP President James Woodall spoke outside the Richard B. Russell federal courthouse at a July 2020 press conference detailing a lawsuit asking a judge to change the election process used to select Georgia PSC commissioners. The suit alleges the process delivers white candidates who fail to adequately represent Black Georgians. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder (File)

Energy June 28, 2022

Federal trial starts claiming Black voters disenfranchised by Georgia PSC elections

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 28, 2022 Georgia‌ ‌Power’s plan to saddle its customers with a 12% electricity rate…

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