West Virginia's more than 400 volunteer fire departments went back to the state capitol Monday to lodge a new protest over planned increases in workers' compensation rates, the Charleston Daily Mail reported Tuesday.The West Virginia State Firemen's Association held a press conference to warn officials a temporary fix that headed off a doubling of insurance premiums in this month also created a new gap in coverage.BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co., which lawmakers launched on Jan. 1, 2006, to replace the state-run system, was required to provide coverage for government and volunteer...
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