The 2023 session of the Nebraska Legislature opens Wednesday, and Day 1 will set the tone for a 90-day session focused on adopting a new, two-year budget and deciding how to use a record-high surplus of funds.
Following the swearing-in of 13 newly elected state senators and 11 re-elected incumbents, lawmakers will dive into a debate over whether leaders of legislative committees should be elected via secret ballots, as has been the tradition, or via public votes.