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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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Athens area voters to decide new state representative in special election
With a state House seat in Athens open, Republicans are looking to preserve the seat while Democrats are hoping to flip it.
Akbar Ali wins Gwinnett state House seat in runoff election
Democrats Akbar Ali defeated Democrat Marqus Cole in a runoff special election Tuesday to represent House District 106, which covers portions of Lawrenceville and Snellville.
Teen GOP activist steps down from party leadership post
Greene County native and University of North Georgia student Ja’Quon Stembridge, 19, had run on boosting youth involvement in the party.
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A 30-year-old’s overdose sparked a new law. Now courts are testing how far it can go.
Austin’s Law, passed in 2024, is leading to convictions of fentanyl dealers after a father’s fight for justice following his son’s overdose death.
Jared Curtis isn’t the only Georgia football storyline to watch on signing day
What will National Signing Day look like? It is starting to materialize significant storylines.
Search for inmate who escaped from Grady hospital enters second day
Timothy Shane is accused of stealing an SUV and then crashing it during the getaway, according to authorities.



