David Armstrong is the Executive Editor of the Georgia News Lab, an award-winning investigative reporting collaborative. Contact David Armstrong at david.armstrong@georgianewslab.org
A belated campaign finance report filed by Atlanta mayoral candidate Antonio Brown shows he spent hundreds of thousands on campaign expenses while raising little money from July through September.
A Georgia News Lab investigation finds three of the five top candidates in the Atlanta mayor’s race have failed to provide complete and timely accounts of their personal financial interests, as required by law.
Interviews with Georgia lawmakers involved with redistricting in previous years shine light on the complicated deliberations that go into the mapmaking — and the acknowledgement that maintaining power for the majority takes precedence over expressed interests of voters — so long as the law is being followed.
