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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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Stop those open burns, metro Atlanta. We have a summertime ban
May 1 marks the beginning of the burn ban in Georgia, which has seen 68% more fires in the first four months of 2025 compared to the five-year average.
Judge won’t halt government’s case against owner of Forest Cove apartments
Court does not have jurisdiction to decide claims by Millennia Housing Management, which owns the condemned Atlanta complex.
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Former Georgia Rep. Erick Allen and incumbent Monique Sheffield, both Democrats, won Tuesday’s special election for the District 2 and District 4 seats on Cobb commission.
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