State senators join together after adjourning for the year at the end of the 2025 legislative session. Not pictured: State Sens. Christy Armendariz of Omaha, Myron Dorn of Adams, Rob Dover of Norfolk and Glen Meyer of Pender. June 2, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — After a labor-dominated 89-day legislative session, Nebraska lawmakers are looking ahead to a little time off to reset before coming back for a 60-day session in January.

The Nebraska Examiner invited all 49 senators to review the most recent legislative session, and 47 have responded so far. The collection of reflections, in lawmakers’ own words, is available below or see the full project in its own tab here.

Among the responses, lawmakers described the 2025 session as a “mixed bag,” “very successful,” “dee

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