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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Teen, 17, fatally shot while shopping at SW Atlanta complex, police say
A 17-year-old was gunned down Saturday while shopping at a southwest Atlanta complex, police said.
Hiram officer loses home to fire on Thanksgiving Day
A metro Atlanta police officer’s home went up in flames on the morning of Thanksgiving Day. No residents or firefighters were injured, according to Paulding Fire Rescue.
McDonough elects first mayor from historic Blacksville neighborhood
Kam Varner has roots in Blacksville, a neighborhood established by formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
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Metro Atlanta retailers hopeful for strong holiday season after chaotic year
Some independent retailers in metro Atlanta are entering this holiday season feeling battered by what they call a chaotic year.
$21B data center proposal aims to become one of Georgia’s largest
Trammell Crow Co. is planning a $21 billion technology campus for a 1,632-acre site along I-75 roughly 60 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
This metro Atlanta couple spearheaded a change in football helmets
Erin and Lee Hanson are the founders behind Guardian Sports, the company that makes the Guardian Caps worn by college football and NFL players.