Cobb County announced on its website that a new service from Cobb County Community Development makes it possible to schedule building inspections via text message. Here’s the announcement, reprinted below:…
According to a public information release from Officer Joseph Wilson of the Cobb County Police Department, an apparent murder/suicide took place at a Marietta address. Yesterday, August 13, at around…
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners will conduct three public hearings on proposed changes to the county’s code. The first hearing will be focused on zoning (Chapter 134 in the…
By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County school board’s decision to arm school employees endangers lives, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement released today. With a vote of…
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Cobb County Planning Commission the commission voted 3-0 to hold (delay) a rezoning request that would allow a maximum of 130 single-family houses on a…
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…
by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permissionJune 24, 2022 This story was updated at 5:45 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2022. The…
By Nicole Carr [This article was first published in ProPublica, republished with permission] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories…
By Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the upcoming midterm elections, states may use maps that a federal…
By Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University and David R. Jones, Baruch College, CUNY [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and…