Minnesota Lawyer

Bob Meier started at the Department of Natural Resources in 2003 after nearly 10 years in other state jobs.

“Even though the air is cleaner now, we still are having health effects from our air quality.”

Kimberly Scott left her law practice to use her legal skills to lobby for energy and natural resource issues.

Barb Huberty brings experience as an educator to her job with the Minnesota Legislative Water Commission.

Louis Porter II is the executive director of the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage

"You get a chunk of pork belly — it looks like piece of bacon on steroids. They hack that baby up and you eat the whole thing"

Brian Halloran says building credibility with legislators means being "an honest broker of the facts."

“There’s just a lot of work that needs to be done to advance racial equity in Minnesota at the Legislature."

John Kaul is working on "a history of basically the cosmos from 13.7 billion years ago to the present time."

Sia Her grew up loving Nancy Drew and owns two copies of "The Art of War."