Last week, I packed up the only three business-casual outfits I own and headed from Salem to Washington, D.C., where I had the opportunity to speak directly with longtime federal workers, former White House regulars and federal policy experts.

Now, it’s time to bring what I learned back to you.

I was among 30 journalists from around the country selected by the National Press Foundation for its Federal Action, Local Impact Journalism Fellowship . The program sought to help us better report on how the Trump administration’s policies, including massive cuts to the federal workforce and expansion of the executive branch’s powers , impacts our individual communities.

The speakers included Medaria Arradondo , the Minneapolis police chief who called in the National Guard in response to

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