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Gov. Sandoval gives state employees extra 1-percent raise
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Brian Sandoval is approving an additional 1-percent pay raise for Nevada state government employees each of the next two years.
His Friday signature on Senate Bill 368 means state workers will see a total 3-percent increase each year.
It will be double the raise they got over the previous biennium.
Union president Harry Schiffman says it still leaves state workers a far cry from where they were before the economic downturn.
Read more: http://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/10/gov-sandoval-gives-state-employees-extra-1-percent-raise/386519001/