{"id":20203,"date":"2017-01-05T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T18:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=20203"},"modified":"2017-01-18T17:27:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T23:27:33","slug":"opening-day-photos-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=20203","title":{"rendered":"Opening Day Photos 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 105th Nebraska Legislature convened Jan. 4 for its 90-day first session. Seventeen new members and eight re-elected senators were sworn into office, then senators elected the chairpersons of the Legislature\u2019s standing committees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/update.legislature.ne.gov\\\/?p=20203&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:113793074}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 357px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"357\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 534px; height: 357px;\" data-original-width=\"534\" data-original-height=\"357\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?attachment_id=20183\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"530\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"353\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"20183\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1380,920\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 70D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1483526488&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_1-4-17_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_1.jpg?w=530&#038;h=353&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_1.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"530\" data-original-height=\"353\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"_1-4-17_1\" alt=\"_1-4-17_1\" style=\"width: 530px; height: 353px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 266px; height: 357px;\" data-original-width=\"266\" data-original-height=\"357\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?attachment_id=20184\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"262\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"175\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"20184\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1380,920\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 70D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1483526570&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_1-4-17_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_2-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_2-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_2.jpg?w=262&#038;h=175&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_2.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1-4-17_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" width=\"262\" height=\"175\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"262\" data-original-height=\"175\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"_1-4-17_2\" alt=\"_1-4-17_2\" style=\"width: 262px; 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