Photos: House Finance Committee meets in Anchorage

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Rep. Dan Saddler of Eagle River, left, and Rep. Les Gara of Anchorage seek answers from Office of Management and Budget director Pat Pitney during a House Finance Committee hearing held Wednesday afternoon, May 6, 2015, at the Anchorage Legislative Information Office downtown.

The Alaska Legislature had a busy first day in its gleaming new office building in downtown Anchorage, marked by public and private meetings and a boisterous protest for education funding on the sidewalk outside.

But lawmakers concluded a meeting of a key committee Wednesday afternoon without making much progress toward moving the state's budget plan out of limbo territory.

Read more: First hearing held in brand new Anchorage legislative office