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News Roundtable: January 29 | History Of Public Land | Portland Arts Forum | Mailbag

By Allison Frost (OPB), Phoebe Flanigan (OPB) and Sage Van Wing (OPB)

Jan. 29, 2016 2:04 p.m.

FBI officials have established checkpoints around the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a handful of armed militants remain inside. — FBI officials have established checkpoints around the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a handful of armed militants remain inside.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB

We get analysis of some of the big stories of the week, including the continuing armed occupation in Harney County, Trump v Fox, and a proposed Portland gas tax with our news roundtable: Naseem Rakha, Ryan Haas and Allen Alley.

We talk with political scientist Phil Brick about how the Malheur occupation fits into the history of conflicts over public lands in the west.

State of Wonder host April Baer brings us the highlights from the recent Portland candidates arts forum she moderated.

And we wrap up the hour by reading from some of the many comments we got this week about our coverage of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

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