Ken Ward From: Office of the Governor Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 4:02 PM To: kward@wvgazettemail.com Subject: Gov. Justice announces 5% pay raise for teachers and state employees and commitment of $100m from surplus to assist in long term solution to A message for l(en Ward ?ew this email in vo_r browser - kward @va vgazettemai?com From the Office of the Governor f} Jim Justice GOVERNOR.WV.GOV I COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE @WVGovemor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 2, 2018 CONTACT: Butch Antolini, 304-890-2945, Gov. Justice announces 5% pay raise for teachers and state employees and commitment of $100m from surplus to assist in long term solution to PEIA CHARLESTON, WV Following Monday?s announcement that the state of West Virginia had a record ?rst quarter surplus, Gov. Jim Justice said today he has secured the support of the Republican-led Legislature to commit $100 million to a long?term solution fund for the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) as well as to give public school teachers and state employees a 5% pay raise for a second consecutive year. Gov. Justice said the commitment of $100 million to PEIA isn?t the only component needed to ?x the system but it is a huge step forward along with the continuing work being done by the PEIA Task Force. ?More work has to be done to ?x PEIA but this will help to stabilize the program while the Task Force continues its work and while I explore an alternative route of privatization," Gov. Justice added. ?We?re going to ?nd a long?term solution.? Gov. Justice went on to say that we ?all believe in education, investing in education and putting our money where our mouth is" and that his promise to continue providing pay raises if the state?s ?nancial situation keeps improving, helped make the decision to provide a 5% pay raise for teachers and state employees for the second straight year. Share Tweet Forward FOLLOW GOVERNOR JUSTICE GOO-O Vou are receiving this email from Governor Jim Justice's Communications Of?ce. Any reference to tie word ?campaign" in any link assocrated with this email has been generated by Mailchimp, an online web- based marketing program, and not by the Of?ce of the Governor. Any documents, to which the link directs, is a document of the Governor?s Communications Of?ce and not of any campaign. We routinely add email addresses from people we meet who contact Governor Justice's of?ce. It you do not wash to receive messages from our of?ce, please click the Unsubscribe link below for instant removal. You are receiving this email because you asked to receive updates from the Governor's Of?ce. Our mailing address is: Governor?s Communications Of?ce 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East State Capitol Chalieston, WV 25305 Add us to your-address bocm Want to change how you receive these emaiis? You can ugdate your [grefer'enms or I'lf?sSUbSC?ibe from this list