U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, July 28. He will discuss the Big Beautiful Bill and its implications for Medicaid and health care, serving in Congress in the Trump administration, and redistricting.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, July 28.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Roxson Welch, director of the East Baton Rouge Parish Family and Youth Services Center, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, July 21. Welch will talk about the center’s upcoming groundbreaking on its new facility and resources available for families ahead of the new school year.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Jeff Reynolds, executive director of the Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, July 14. Reynolds, who represents 49 hospitals, will talk about the One Big Beautiful Bill’s impact on these hospitals, focusing on the following changes: Medicaid eligibility, capping and future reductions  to provider taxes and hospital supplemental payments, and new funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Dadrius Lanus will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, July 7. Lanus will address passage of President Trump’s tax bill, its implications for Louisiana and his party’s strategy for the 2026 midterm elections.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Raegan A. Carter, director of Health Policy & Governmental Affairs at the Louisiana Primary Care Association, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 30. Carter will discuss the latest updates on Medicaid funding at the federal level and the challenges facing Louisiana’s Community Health Centers in the wake of any funding cuts.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Melissa Martin, director of Greaux Healthy at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 23. She will discuss Greaux Healthy, an initiative by LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center in partnership with the state of Louisiana focused on preventing and treating childhood obesity.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non members. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Amanda Jones, Livingston Parish school librarian and founding member of Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 16. She will speak about the organized effort to ban books written by or featuring members of minorities.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Oliver Garden, dean of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 9. He will speak about the need for supporting the Louisiana equine industry and how his school is leading the way in equine health and sports performance.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Bishop Michael Duca of the Diocese of Baton Rouge will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 2. He will discuss the recent election of a Chicago-born pope, Leo XIV, an Augustinian, and what that means for the world’s Catholics.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.