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We tasted Atlanta's best lemon pepper wings. Here's how they stack up.

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In case you missed it: 5 highlights from the 2025 Decatur Book Festival
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New leadership at Decatur Book Festival strives for sustainability

Anna Dobben was named literary director following Bailee Yarbrough’s hiring as executive director.

Herb Alpert

Even Herb Alpert got goose bumps when revisiting his Tijuana Brass tunes

An interview with Herb Alpert, who makes makes a sold-out tour stop Monday at Atlanta Symphony Hall with what's billed as his “brand new Tijuana Brass.”

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Many music genres will be breezing across metro Atlanta this spring

Atlanta Jazz Fest, Sweetwater 420 Music Fest are signposts of a season that brings classical, klezmer, indie rock, pop and more to the city.

Food and Dining
The AJC’s Monti Carlo leads a taste test of Atlanta’s best lemon pepper chicken wings. (AJC)
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We tasted Atlanta's best lemon pepper wings. Here's how they stack up.

Atlanta didn’t invent chicken wings, but we absolutely put lemon pepper on the map.

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Preserving Atlanta’s beloved restaurants is a balancing act

How Adriana Park is ushering Decatur brunch restaurant Pastries A Go Go into its next era.

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4 dishes to try in Atlanta this month: Global cuisine in your neighborhood

Atlanta restaurant dishes send you to Ethiopia, West Africa, France and your local garden in April.

GUEST COLUMN

Georgia will pay a high price for going along with Big Tech’s data center push

Georgia has led the U.S. on new data center construction, but taxpayers are footing the bill for Big Tech profits and will hold the bag in the event of an AI economy downturn.

March 28, 2026
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Reject bill that criminalizes homelessness in Georgia and creates more costs

A Georgia bill would allow property owners to sue municipalities that do not enforce laws such as for sweeping homeless encampments. This would lead to criminalizing poverty.

March 28, 2026
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School zone cameras slow down drivers. Let’s protect Georgia kids from harm.

Georgia communities that have implemented school zone camera programs are seeing drastic reductions in speeding violations, which creates greater safety for children.

March 27, 2026
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Hybrid time: Surging gas prices match surging hybrid compact SUV sales

Owning a car is a long-term proposition with long-term costs, and aside from insurance, one of the highest variable costs of ownership is what you pay at the pump.

March 27, 2026

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People march in Bishop Park in Athens on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Protesters gathered in 10 different locations around Georgia’s Congressional District 10, leading up to a “Democracy Fair” at Bishop Park as part of a nationwide day of “No Kings” demonstrations. Organizers estimate that a few thousand people participated, many of them first-time protesters. (C.J. Bartunek for the AJC)

PHOTOS: “No Kings” rally at Bishop Park in Athens, Ga.

Protesters gathered in Georgia’s Congressional District 10, leading up to a “Democracy Fair” at Bishop Park in Athens as part of a nationwide day of “No Kings” demonstrations.

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Game 2 of Atlanta Braves vs Kansas City Royals

PHOTOS: Braves go to 2-0 after walk-off grand slam

The Braves moved to 2-0 on the season with a 6-2 win over the Royals, led by Dominic Smith's walk-off grand slam.

Sen. Jon Ossoff speaks during Georgia Service Academy Day at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta on Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

PHOTOS: Deepening impasse over DHS funding was plain to see at Dobbins Air Reserve Base hangar

Home from Washington at the start of a two-week recess, hopes of a TSA funding compromise between House Republicans and Senate Democrats faded.