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2022 Elections August 2, 2022

Georgia ethics panel dusts off inquiry into spending by Abrams-founded nonprofit

By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]August 2, 2022 This story was updated at 5:15 p.m. Aug. 2. to include a…

Education February 7, 2022

Cobb School board member David Banks’ emails raise ethics questions

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School Board Vice Chairman David Banks is still sending emails to parents that refer to COVID-19 as the “China virus,” despite community backlash from a…

Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

2019 Elections October 30, 2019

Lindley denies initiating ethics complaint against Blackburn

In an email to the Cobb County Courier, Travis Lindley, who is challenging incumbent Councilwoman Maryline Blackburn for Smyrna’s Ward 3 city council seat, denied initiating an ethics complaint that…

2019 Elections October 29, 2019

Watchdog group files ethics complaint against Maryline Blackburn

William Perry, executive director of Georgia Ethics Watchdogs, filed an ethics complaint against Councilwoman Maryline Blackburn, who represents Smyrna’s Ward 3. Blackburn is Smyrna’s first African-American city council member, and…

Assistant Cobb County Attorney William Rowling talks about proposed changes to the appointment of ethics board members (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County board of commissioners January 23, 2019

GA Supreme Court ruling prompts changes to selection of Cobb ethics board

During the first public hearing on proposed amendments to Cobb’s 2019 Code, changes were proposed to the way members of the Cobb County Board of Ethics are chosen. The seven…

August 18, 2015

Standards and Ethics

We keep our standards and ethics policy simple, and adhere to best practices of traditional print journalism. For hard news stories we adhere to the Code of Ethics of the…

graphic of lab equipment including beakers, microscope and test tubes

Science and Technology May 12, 2025

Science requires ethical oversight – without federal dollars, society’s health and safety are at risk

by Christine Coughlin, Wake Forest University and Nancy M. P. King, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As the Trump administration continues to…

Justice April 24, 2025

Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon tried to fire the Department of…

Justice April 21, 2025

‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court

by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Legal battles between the Trump administration and advocates for deportees flown to prison…

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Education May 12, 2025

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