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Since 2009, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has been investigating the accuracy of property tax assessments in metro Atlanta.

Our groundbreaking stories have been crucial to ensuring property owners are paying their fair share of taxes, not a penny more or less.

Property taxes fuel billions of dollars in local government spending on schools, libraries and other important services.

This year, reporter David Wickert’s analysis of property tax assessments will show homeowners may finally be catching a break.

Read our Property Tax Meltdown investigation on MyAJC.com and in this Sunday’s edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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