Hot Issues - How will President Bush's visit to Georgia affect the finances and chances of GOP candidates here? And how big a role will the state's education record and the thorny topic of immigration play in the November elections? To answer those questions and many more, we welcome Alexis Scott of the Atlanta Daily World, Charles Richardson of the Macon Telegraph and Tom Crawford of Capitolimpact.com.

 

Next week on Georgia Weekly: A century ago, Atlanta's streets erupted in a race riot that left at least twenty-five blacks and two whites lay dead. David Godshalk, author of "Veiled Visions: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and the Reshaping of American Race Relations" will join us to talk about the events. Also next week - We will discuss education finance, which is shaping up to be a major election issue in the state.