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Scenes from the first day of the Nebraska Legislature on Jan. 4.
Photos: Nebraska Legislature begins 2022 session
First day of the Legislature 2022
Senators, including Anna Wishart of Lincoln (foreground), set to work at the start of the legislative session on Jan. 5, 2022.
First day of the Legislature 2022
Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon reads legislation on the first day of the legislative session on Wednesday.
First day of the Legislature 2022
Sens. Wendy DeBoer of Bennington (left) and Mike McDonnell of Omaha visit before the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
First day of the Legislature 2022
The Nebraska State Patrol color guard carries in the flags at the start of the legislative session in January 2022.
First day of the Legislature 2022
Sens. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln (left) and Megan Hunt of Omaha visit on the first day of the legislative session on Wednesday.
First day of the Legislature 2022
Senators visit at the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
First day of the Legislature 2022
Sens. Tom Briese and Mike Moser catch up before the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
First day of the Legislature 2022
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers of Lincoln (from left) visits with Sens. Mike McDonnell of Omaha and Steve Erdman of Bayard before the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
First day of the Legislature 2022
The 107th Legislature convened on Wednesday at the Capitol. This session, which runs 60 days, is scheduled to adjourn in April.
First day of the Legislature 2022
Sens. Mark Kolterman of Seward (from left), John Stinner of Gering, John McCollister of Omaha and Matt Williams of Gothenburg catch up before the start of a legislative session in 2022.
First day of the Legislature 2022
Sen. Rita Sanders of Bellevue(left) listens to Sen. Mike Moser of Columbus before the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
First day of the Legislature 2022
On the first day of the Legislature on Wednesday, Sen. John McCollister of Omaha read the address that George Norris delivered to the opening session of the new one-house, nonpartisan legislature in 1937.
