Weekly Cobb County News Quiz for Week Ending August 14 A lot of things happen during any week in a county of over 793,000 residents, the third largest county in…
by Sam Gauntt, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 6, 2026 WASHINGTON — The deployment of National Guard troops hailing from all…
By Mark Woolsey The Cobb County Board of Commissioners finalized the county’s 2027 budget and 2026 millage rates at a meeting on Tuesday after some pointed discussion. The vote was…
Rep. Lucy McBath, of Georgia’s 6th U.S. Congressional District, announced that CobbWorks Inc. has been awarded a $1.5 million federal grant through the U.S. Department of Labor’s YouthBuild program to…
by Jeff Amy, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 13, 2026 After years of spending rapidly increasing revenues on new programs and…
The Cobb County School District filed a lawsuit against Cobb County and Tax Commissioner Carla Jackson, arguing the county has unlawfully withheld more than $130 million from school tax collections…
by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] June 17, 2026 Georgia’s special legislative session starts Wednesday, and while partisan fights about…
By Mark Woolsey Advance voting has now wrapped up in the lead-up to the June 16 primary runoff next Tuesday. Totals tabulated through Thursday showed 24, 556 Cobb voters opted…
by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] June 12, 2026 Georgia is just days away from the start of another special…
Austell Ward 1 City Councilman Derek Caffe posted the following announcement to the Create Austell Facebook group, and we’ve republished it below with his permission: Exciting news for Downtown Austell!…