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Sheila Van Pelt has become one of the state's most effective citizen lobbyists, helping change state law to force the Minnesota Department of Health to involve family members in its investigation of nursing homes and other facilities.
Photojournalist Glen Stubbe has been chief political photographer for the Star Tribune since 2011 and was business photographer and photo editor before that. He was named Visual MN Photographer of the Year twice in a row, first in 2015, and then combined 2016-2017.
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