Alan Judd
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA, United States
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As powerful hurricane bears down on Florida, Georgia braces for a hit
Hurricane Ian could bring dangerous coastal storm surges, high winds and flash flooding to Georgia this week — but not the threat of catastrophic destruction the storm poses for Florida’s Gulf coast. → Read More
Fulton prosecutors to seek testimony of libel lawyer Lin Wood
Fulton County prosecutors are planning to seek the testimony of conservative Atlanta attorney L. Lin Wood as a special grand jury continues its examination of whether former President Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws as they sought to overturn Georgia’s 2020 elections. → Read More
Fulton DA plans crackdown on dangerous apartment complexes
Fulton DA said she will go into 'war mode' against dangerous apartment complexes, but cautioned she will need the city's backing → Read More
State still falls short when caring for people with disabilities
Despite 12 years of supervision by a federal court, Georgia’s system for caring for people with mental illness and intellectual disabilities remains a dangerous place, according to a new report. → Read More
State pays $750,000 to lawyer fired by public health agency
Former attorney for the Department of Public Health was fired after releasing records about the pandemic that The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had requested. → Read More
Making money from misery: As residents deal with rats, crime and intruders, absentee owner enjoys 'upper-class lifestyle'
At Pavilion Place, a derelict apartment complex south of downtown Atlanta, residents deal with rats, crime and intruders, while absentee owner enjoys 'upper-class lifestyle' → Read More
At violent apartment complexes, business model thrives on housing shortage, government inaction
A yearlong investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution identified more than 250 chronically dangerous apartment complexes in metro Atlanta. → Read More
What is ‘affordable’ housing?
Discussions of the affordable housing crisis may sometimes seem arcane, and what people think of as “affordable” is rapidly changing amid dramatic rent increases. But reports by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, put the issue into perspective. → Read More
At Georgia immigration jail, warnings about women’s medical care went unheeded
Federal immigration officials failed to monitor medical treatment at a South Georgia detention center where dozens of women say they underwent unwanted procedures, including hysterectomies, newly released documents show. → Read More
Vying for Trump’s support, Vernon Jones faces history of misconduct toward women
Vernon Jones has a decades-long history of problematic behavior toward women, repeatedly threatening, intimidating and harassing women, an examination of his record by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows. That may complicate his run for governor of Georgia. → Read More
Months after unrest over George Floyd’s death, Atlanta relieved at guilty verdict
At 5:07 p.m. Tuesday, the youngest of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s children let out a virtual cry of deliverance. → Read More
Georgia governor ignored experts as the pandemic raged
Records obtained under the Georgia Open Records Act show how Kemp's office dictated public health messaging about COVID-19 and sometimes withheld crit → Read More
Before killing spree, Georgia let an industry that fetishizes Asian women flourish
Tuesday's spa shootings have highlighted Georgia's failed attempts to rein in massage parlors that hypersexualize and exploit women, → Read More
Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood refuses Bar’s order to undergo psychiatric exam
Atlanta attorney L. Lin Wood, one of the most prominent purveyors of conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 presidential election, is in danger of losing his ability to practice law in Georgia. → Read More
Mary Duckworth Gellerstedt, who helped many others over decades, dies at 95
Piedmont Hospital and Planned Parenthood, Agnes Scott College and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, all thrived with the help of Mary Duckworth Gellerstedt. → Read More
Back in pulpit after historic election, Warnock condemns Capitol violence
U.S. Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock returned to his famed pulpit Sunday, trying to reconcile his historic election last week with a mob’s violent assault on the U.S. Capitol one day later. → Read More
Weary from a long campaign, Georgians cast their votes
As voters finally had their say Tuesday in runoffs for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats, many seemed less energized than worn down by the months-long slog that finally concluded the 2020 elections. → Read More
New lawsuit amplifies claims of medical abuse at Georgia ICE jail
One woman described her examination by Dr. Mahendra Amin as “the most medical way of being raped you could possibly experience.” → Read More
As Trump rages, Georgia recount continues
Georgia’s presidential race recount, a ballot-by-ballot review of nearly 5 million votes that entered its second day Saturday, faces false claims. → Read More
No hanging chads, but Georgia recount evokes memories of Florida in 2000
On a sunny Florida Sunday 20 years ago, one bizarre allegation turned the nation’s partisan divide into an irreparable chasm. → Read More