Think Out Loud

Private Prison Study | Clark County Farmland | AG On Sanctuary | Japanese Garden Opening

By Julie Sabatier (OPB), Dave Blanchard (OPB) and Sage Van Wing (OPB)
March 30, 2017 2:49 p.m.
  • Oregon State University professor Brett Burkhardt joins us to talk about private prisons and how they're evolving. Since Donald Trump was elected president, private prison stocks have skyrocketed.
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  • Jake Thomas, Clark County reporter for The Columbian, joins us to talk about the issue of farms getting smaller and disappearing entirely as Clark County's population grows.
  • On Monday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to draw back federal funds from so-called "sanctuary cities." Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum tells us what she thinks that would mean for Oregon.
  • After seven years of planning and 18 months of construction, Portland's Japanese Garden opens a new expansion and cultural village this weekend. Steve Bloom, the garden's CEO, joins us.

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