Campaign finance report reveals candidates’ coffers
The latest round of campaign finance reports have been filed, giving voters insight into how much money candidates are raising and spending on their bids to gain office.
Category Archives: Cobb County, GA
Around Town: Tensions flare between Cobb NAACP president, Gop candidate
Pictured: front row Cheryl Lenny, Rosan Hall, Barbara Hickey, Kim Sherk, and Marsha Stemme.
Abstinence-only sex ed. is – hokum,’ Tippins’ opponent says
State Sen. Lindsey Tippins, R-west Cobb, left, and his Democratic challenger, Andy Clark, at Thursday's candidate forum put on by the League of Women Voters of Marietta/Cobb.
Cobb County will host event to honor Vietnam veterans on Aug. 25
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners will host an event to honor Vietnam veterans on Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. at the Cobb County Civic Center, 548 South Marietta Parkway in Marietta.
Fire chief, burned-out hotel, Sunday alcohol sales on Marietta’s docket
Members of the Marietta City Council will wrap up a long weekend at the Georgia Municipal Association's annual convention in Savannah just in time to head home for committee meetings.
Early voting begins July 2 in Paulding school board, commission runoffs
Paulding Republicans will have the chance to cast ballots early beginning July 2 and say if two Paulding County Commission seats should have new owners.
Commissioners, legislators meet to discuss Cobb’s transit future
State Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick, R-east Cobb, listens during Tuesday's meeting held at the Cobb County Civic Center that centered on metro Atlanta transit options provided by House Bill 930, which was signed by Gov. Nathan Deal last month.
Georgia lawmakers pass bills on online snooping, free speech, bail
Georgia lawmakers passed dozens of bills Tuesday, as they rush to complete their work before the legislative session is set to end Thursday night. Neither the House nor Senate is convening inside the Capitol on Wednesday, meaning that legislators have only one more day left to send their proposals to Gov. Nathan Deal's desk.
Protesting Cobb students await their fate
The day after hundreds of Cobb County students walked out of class to call for safer schools and increased gun regulations, questions lingered about how they would be punished.
Dick Yarbrough: Earl Ehrhart isn’t going gently into that good night
My favorite poem is "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
Smyrna becomes first Georgia city to ban handheld devices for drivers
That's good advice for any driver, but especially in Smyrna, where drivers caught using handheld devices could soon face fines of up to $150 dollars.
Cobb County 1 HRS Ago Senator Isakson met with boos throughout town hall
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A town hall meeting with Senator Johnny Isakson saw some raucous moments on Monday night at Kennesaw State University in Cobb County.
Lying Jon Ossoff is unfit for office
The most expensive congressional race in U.S. history has again dispelled the myth that conservatives are the aggressors in the moral wars that plague our politics. As Kyle Wingfield of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution recently pointed out , in the race to replace Tom Price in Georgia's 6th congressional district, it was only a matter of time before Jon Ossoff went after Karen Handel for her brief experience at the Susan G. Komen organization.
MBA has luncheon with Jack Kingston
Adjutant Gen. of the Georgia National Guard Brig. Gen. Joe Jarrard, Teresa Jones, Gary Bottoms, Kingston, Phil Kent, Nancy Couch and Angella Ochletree.
Georgia House race down to 2 candidates, plus Trump, Pelosi
A Georgia congressional election in a historically conservative district is headed to a runoff that raises the stakes in an early measure for President Donald Trump and both major parties ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Democrat Jon Ossoff , a 30-year-old former congressional staffer, fell a few percentage points shy of an outright victory amid an 18-candidate scramble in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.
The Latest: Georgia congressional race heads to runoff
Voters began casting ballots on Tuesday in the special election ... . FILE - This May 14, 2014 file photo shows Karen Handel speaking to a reporter in Roswell, Ga.
Democrat leads early returns in Georgia congressional race
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: Democratic candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional seat Jon Ossoff greets supporters at a campaign field office Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Marietta. Voters began casting ballots on Tuesday in the special election to fill the House seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.
District 32 candidates discuss top issues
The eyes of the nation have been on Georgia's District 6, where 18 candidates are competing to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom Price, who resigned his seat to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Leaders focus on struggling schools
With Gov. Nathan Deal's Amendment 1 voted down, some schools in the state and in Cobb County are still struggling.
Litigation to bar Olens from KSU presidency tossed
Athens-based attorney Stephen Humphreys had filed on behalf of a group of KSU students, faculty members and alumni an injunction against Olens, the University System of Georgia, the Board of Regents and Gov. Nathan Deal.