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Gov. Jim Justice is floating a 5% pay raise for West Virginia government employees to offset another proposed increase in their insurance premiums, but opponents of the rate hikes worry

Senate Bill 286 states the Public Employee Insurance Agency or PEIA must return an 80-20 cost share between employer and employees

CHARLESTON — A proposed increase to state insurance premiums is likely to exacerbate West Virginia’s already growing personnel shortages, officials said this week.