North Cobb High School will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new ninth-grade academy at 9 a.m. Aug. 11. The 40 classroom, $13.4 million addition and renovation features a separate facility for incoming freshman and updates to the main campus. Freshman orientation will be held the same day from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Information: www.cobbk12.org/NorthCobb

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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