Monday on Political Rewind: We are back under the Gold Dome! The state Capitol is buzzing again as lawmakers get to work on Gov. Kemp's proposed budget. We took a look at the different parts of the budget and how lawmakers will likely alter its contents.
East Cobb could be the first of several new Georgia cities to emerge from this year’s legislative session as a House committee met Wednesday afternoon to discuss whether residents of the affluent Atlanta suburb should have the opportunity to vote to create their own government.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: We remembered the life and political career of Georgian and former Sen. Max Cleland. In redistricting news, Republican legislative leaders are facing pushback from some GOP voters who say they’re being denied the right to elect candidates of their own choice as proposed redistricting maps surface.
The Cobb Chamber of Commerce doesn’t have a predicted economic impact from the games, but President and CEO Sharon Mason said all of the hotels in the Cumberland Community Improvement District (CID) are sold out.
Thursday on Political Rewind: Mask mandates see debate in Cobb County schools as discussion continues over public health guidelines among younger students. In other news, what could the windfall be from debates in the U.S. Capitol over significant federal legislative packages? Plus: the Buckhead city movement.
Friday on Political Rewind: The Cobb County School Board has waded into the contentious fight against the teaching of so-called critical race theory. A divided board yesterday outlawed the concept. Meanwhile, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit calling for Major League Baseball to return the All-Star Game to Cobb County.
In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in New York, Job Creators Network is seeking either an immediate return of the game to Truist Park in Cobb County or the payment of $100 million in damages to local and Georgia-based small businesses.
Cobb County appears poised to become the epicenter of arguments over cityhood in the state Legislature next year, with bills filed to create cities in Lost Mountain, east Cobb and two in south Cobb: Mableton and Vinings.
Last week, a report by the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General, an independent watchdog that oversees the actions of the federal agency, said “political appointees” hindered the efforts of agency staff to investigate the scope of ethylene oxide contamination.
Millions of Americans have been helped by substance abuse recovery programs, but there’s a little-known side industry to recovery that some say has taken advantage of people trying overcome addiction. Sober living homes, sometimes called halfway houses, are not regulated in Georgia, but they are potentially very profitable. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports on a recently passed bill aimed at gaining some control over the programs.
Monday on Political Rewind: Georgia remains in the center of a national political storm as the country debates the sweeping changes Republicans made to the state’s voting laws. The decision by Major League Baseball to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta was a stinging rebuke,
For those who grew up in Cobb County in the past four decades, it's nearly impossible to not have a memory that involves Town Center Mall. Now, following the property's foreclosure last week, many are reflecting on the mall's presence in their lives.
