About the Authors
Isaac Sabetai is an audience specialist with the state and federal politics team. He builds data visualizations and other projects that help explain what Georgia lawmakers are doing and how the state is or isn't changing.
Emily Merwin DiRico has been doing information design and news application development at the AJC since she arrived as a summer intern in 2009. Her mission is to help readers understand complex data and how it affects them.
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Take the map below and draw out where you’d like to see MARTA go.
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and the City Council have promised to remake downtown ahead of next year's World Cup.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp rejects calls to tap state funds to keep food assistance flowing as federal government shutdown enters its fourth week.
2025 Georgia-Florida game marks the end of an era in rivalry
From a Georgia perspective, Saturday’s game is the end of an era. But like the construction around the stadium, Florida looks to tear down what was built for something better.
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