The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., lives in the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. The site is far more than a memorial, though: It is a cultural institution whose...

Staff Snapshots: Annette Haldeman
Library director, Maryland Department of Legislative Services
Q & A: April 25, 2022

It might seem like a luxury to be able to gobble up good public policy books as a legislative leader, given the hectic schedule. But make the time—and it might just change your state.

Almost half of U.S. presidents also served in their state legislatures. But for current legislators eyeing the White House, history indicates the road probably will be a long one. 

Six days of climbing. Steep hillside trails. One badly swollen knee. Shared toilets. A final ascent in the dark in a minus-zero windchill. Oh, and a ringleader who was recovering from leukemia.

Hometown:  I grew up in Edinburg, N.D., a town with about 300 residents about 30 minutes from the Canadian border in the northeast corner of the state.