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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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Can Michael Thurmond be Georgia Democrats’ fixer?
Thurmond is running for governor of Georgia, hoping his brand of pragmatism and bipartisanship will help Democrats win the governor’s race for the first time in 28 years.
Why the PSC election next month is an early test for Democratic momentum
Early voting numbers in Democratic strongholds are far outpacing those in GOP-friendly counties, and some Republicans worry about closing the gap by Election Day on Nov. 4.
Georgia Supreme Court curbed its power. The state election board is testing its limits.
The State Election Board advanced a rule that could allow it to eliminate Georgia’s voting touchscreens and approved recommendations to end no-excuse absentee voting.
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Metro Atlantans sour on housing affordability, pessimism is growing, poll says
The economy ranked as the top issue facing metro Atlanta last year, supplanting crime for the number one spot. This is the first year housing affordability has been an option.
DeKalb schools superintendent pleads not guilty to federal charges
Devon Horton has resigned from his role as DeKalb County superintendent, He has pleaded not guilty to federal charges stemming from his previous job in Illinois.
See video police say shows ex-PSC candidate Durand take Georgia Power secrets
Patty Durand has long criticized Georgia Power for concealing information under the cloak of trade secret about various initiatives and requests of state regulators.