Cobb County government announced in a media advisory that a call center that was set up first to help residents set up vaccination appointments, and then was repurposed to help…
The already high rate of community transmission in Cobb County continues to skyrocket, amid disconnect between CDC recommendations and guidelines from the Cobb County School District and the Georgia Department…
At a current 14-day case rate of 347 cases per 100,000 population, Cobb has more than three times the threshold of high community transmission required to be covered by the…
By Mark Woolsey With the expiration of the federal COVID-related rental eviction moratorium this past weekend, advocates for renters, social service agencies, and the courts say they expect an increase…
By Arielle Robinson Ahead of Saturday’s expiration of the national eviction moratorium, housing advocates approached the Cobb Board of Commissioners at their Tuesday meeting, where they asked the board to…
In a 4-0 vote the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved $681,925 to “establish and support Cobb Legal Aid’s Housing Stability Project to provide legal services for those eligible households…
In a 4-0 vote (with Commissioner Keli Gambrill absent), the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved a request from Cobb County Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan Murphy to use $1,778,430.05 of…
The efforts of Cobb County Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan Murphy to lessen the effects of the impending eviction crisis were featured in the Second White House Eviction Prevention Convening. Murphy…
At the July 13 Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting this morning Dr. Janet Memark, the District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health, reported an uptick in COVID…
There was continuing good news in this week’s Cobb County COVID report, as cases continue to drop, according to a news release from the county. With the rolling average of…