Cobb County was once a GOP stronghold, producing political juggernauts like Newt Gingrich and Johnny Isakson. It flipped blue in 2016, and has since become a Democratic bastion. But President Donald Trump’s visit today to Wheeler High School, where he will promote the new “Trump Accounts” that offer savings for children, showed that the GOP isn’t giving up on Cobb so quickly. After all, the county cast more GOP ballots than any other county in the May primary. Cobb’s political importance is RISING…
Questions linger over Atlanta City Hall investigation
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