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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Georgia judge rejects ‘mysterious’ GOP loyalty tests
Republican activists in rural Catoosa County wanted would-be GOP candidates to pass an ideological test before they could appear on the ballot. A judge said no.
How Georgia’s PSC races are already changing the midterm landscape
Georgia Democrats relied on a message of affordability to win two PSC seats. Could the same strategy work in the midterm elections?
Ballrooms and Great Gatsby lose to high power bills in Georgia
Republicans in 2025 traded places with the Democrats of 2024, putting social issues and identity politics ahead of voters' top issue: the economy.
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Fulton County, sheriff nine months late on required jail implementation plan
The legal agreement with the DOJ mandates jail upgrades, but leaves the deadlines to the implementation schedule.
Flight affected by FAA cuts? Here’s what to do.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the busiest airport in the world, is on the list of airports affected — and will also likely see cancellations and delays.
Arctic blast bringing cold shot to metro Atlanta, snow possible in mountains
Temperatures across North Georgia will plunge early next week and could even bring a taste of snow to the state’s tallest mountains.

