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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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Trump prevails in the Battle of Confederate Base Names
Like Trump’s name reversal at Fort Benning, the latest switch came with political cover.
13m agoKemp embraces Trump’s ‘beautiful’ budget — and its brutal trade-offs for Georgia
Governor backs president’s sweeping tax-and-spending bill even as it threatens economic engine he helped build.
41m agoState Rep. Jasmine Clark says voters urged her to run for Congress
“I have actually had to stand up to Republicans,” said Rep. Clark, who announced her bid to unseat incumbent Rep. David Scott. “And that’s what Democrats are asking for.”
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A big election with a tiny turnout: Few voters show up for Georgia PSC primary
Turnout in Georgia's statewide elections for the Public Service Commission is so low that several counties might close polling places for the runoffs.
30 years later, teenage girl found dead behind Atlanta home is identified
In 1995, children made a horrific discovery behind a southwest Atlanta home: A girl had been buried in a shallow grave. She has now been identified thanks to a Texas DNA lab.