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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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He’s 24. Black. And nearly unseated a four-term mayor where most voters were white.
At 24, Sam Foster is a political newcomer who fell just short of unseating a four-term mayor.
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A viral confrontation and a sudden resignation shake up Georgia GOP
The man behind the vigilante sting operation that apparently netted a teenage GOP official says he has no regrets.
Why the Atlanta school board voted to close and repurpose some schools
Sixteen schools will be repurposed under the APS Forward 2040 plan as enrollment falls and the district seeks better resources for students.
Small-town Georgia DA brings almost as many RICO cases as Fulton’s Fani Willis
Griffin Judicial Circuit has brought 13 RICO indictments since June 2020.

