Nevada Legislature: Budget includes pay raises for state workers; bridge funding for Western Nevada College

According to the draft budget bills handed to leaders of the money committees late Friday, the state’s proposed budget includes pay raises for state workers in both years of the biennium.The “pay bill,” which has not been officially posted for the public to read yet, includes a 1 percent pay raise effective July 1 and a 2 percent raise in fiscal 2017.Each percent will cost the state about $12 million a year in General Fund money.The raises apply to the roughly 25,000 state workers includi