Mug Shots | Transportation Plan | Jewish Museum

• Freelance journalist Tim Stelloh, a recent contributor to the New York Times' Sunday Review, asks why the U.S. makes local mugshots public information. He examines the issue through the scope of a Portland man whose booking photo history was distributed virally.

• The legislature has released a funding plan for transportation improvements and held a public hearing on the plan yesterday. Senator Lee Beyer, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation Preservation and Modernization joins us, along with economist Joe Cortright, who's been critical of the plan.

• Judy Margles, director of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, joins us to discuss a new location and how the museum is approaching its mission in the current political climate.

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