With population growth and the coming of the Atlanta Braves, Cobb County is seeking options to relieve traffic congestion in the years ahead. Today, county chairman Tim Lee writes about what’s behind the idea for a Bus Rapid Transit system, and what it would require to build. Opposing him, a resident claims the cost to build and operate BRT is prohibitive and the county would be saddling taxpayers with unending debt. In our third column, Congressman Hank Johnson writes about a bill he’s introducing to ban guns at airports.

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Michelle Obama visited Booker T. Washington High School as part of her “Reach Higher” campaign to increase the number of college graduates. The public high school in Atlanta has more than three times the students living in poverty and hundreds of open seats, writes guest contributor Raymond Pierce. (Bob Andres/AJC 2014)

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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