Alia Pharr
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Alia Pharr covers taxation and infrastructure in metro Atlanta. Before joining The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she worked at daily newspapers in Texas and Connecticut and served in the Peace Corps in El Salvador. Her work has received awards from the Society for Feature Journalists and Best of the West. A native of Prince George's County, Maryland, she holds a bachelor’s degree from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, where she also minored in Spanish. She speaks and writes fluently in Spanish.
Latest from Alia Pharr
Fulton County Jail

Fulton County proposes property tax increase for jail improvements

Proposed city of Mulberry

Appeals court revives Gwinnett lawsuit against state over new city

Fulton County Jail

Fulton County, sheriff nine months late on required jail implementation plan

Georgia polls

Atlanta City Council incumbents win; two open races go to runoff

Volunteer Gwinnett Mobile Food Distribution

Gwinnett, DeKalb press ahead with plans for food aid despite court orders

Mayoral Election - Part III - Infrastructure

Fixing broken infrastructure one of city’s biggest challenges for next mayor

Metro Atlanta 911 systems working to implement new technology

Metro Atlanta 911 systems implement improved technology

Election voting photos

Early voting begins Tuesday for city elections across Georgia

Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara gets emotional as he arrives in Olocuilta, El Salvador. US immigration deported him Friday morning after he spent more than 100 days in immigration jail. (MGNews)

Metro Atlanta journalist deported Friday after legal battle

Tracy Hutchinson

DeKalb County sanitation director says she was pushed out