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2022 Elections June 7, 2022

Georgia GOP congressional hopefuls debate abortion, gun rights ahead of runoff

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 7, 2022 Georgia Republicans competing in congressional primary runoffs doubled down on restricting access…

Opinion December 22, 2020

Opinion: Cobb election director Janine Eveler responds to criticism of reduction in advance voting sites

The Courier ran an opinion by Aklima Khondoker Georgia State Director of All Voting is Local this morning critical of the decision of Cobb elections and registration to cut the…

Opinion December 22, 2020

Opinion: Why has Cobb County Decided to Make Voting Harder and Less Safe for the Runoff?

This is an opinion by By Aklima Khondoker Georgia State Director of All Voting is Local It’s been a long, excruciating year for all of us. We’re in the throes…

2020 Elections August 14, 2020

Sheffield, Rinaudo, Johnson unofficial Cobb run-off winners

The run-off votes have been counted, except for 12 outstanding unsigned absentee ballots, and Sheffield, Rinaudo and Johnson were the unofficial winners in races close enough to have been affected…

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Justice October 4, 2023

Graduation ceremony held for Cobb Drug Treatment Court participants

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County government] On Monday, October 2, the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of a group of participants in the program attended by judges,…

Science and Technology October 4, 2023

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic scientific research

by André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin…

Cumberland October 4, 2023

Football, movies, music and more: the Battery Atlanta releases its October schedule

The Battery (Photo: Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) The Battery Atlanta released its schedule for the beginning of the fall season. Events include Friday movie nights, an escape room, College…

U.S. Congress October 4, 2023

U.S. House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker

Photo Credit: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 3, 2023…

Politics October 4, 2023

Reagan wouldn’t recognize Trump-style ‘conservatism’ – a look at how the GOP has changed

by Karyn Amira, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13,…