College students learn lawmaking outside the classroom

LINCOLN – Students experience the lawmaking process from the floor of the Nebraska Legislature and make valuable connections along the way.

The Legislature’s page program selects applicants from among Nebraska’s colleges and trade schools to work during the legislative session beginning in January and ending in June. They can only work for two years.

Pages run errands for senators, copy documents, deliver messages, serve food and drink, set up and staff committee hearings, in addition to other duties. First-year pages earn $9.47 per hour and second-year pages earn $9.85 per hour.

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