An 11th grader expressed concerns over cuts to the U.S. Department of Education’s TRIO program, which provides educational support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. A woman with a disabled daughter worried about cuts to Medicaid waiver programs. A 23-year-old man urged Democrats to mobilize outreach to young people and more forcefully oppose President Donald Trump’s administration.

These and several dozen other people spoke to Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, during a Wednesday town hall attended by more than two hundred people at Baton Rouge Community College.

“I have watched democracy in this country diminish and being pulled out from under us repeatedly and over and over again,” said resident Michael Hopping. "I’m not a big political activist type person, but I came here bec

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