Editorial: School money, PERS reform joined at hip
Corvallis Gazette Times One of the common themes you heard last week as teachers across Oregon rallied for a proposed tax on business that's projected to raise $1 billion a [...]
City council to draft resolution to help reduce cost of PERS for the government
KOBI-TV News By Devin Gooden MEDFORD, Ore – The Medford city council is planning to draft and vote on a resolution to help reduce the cost of PERS for public [...]
Guest column: The five myths of PERS reform
Bend Bulletin By Knute Buehler Last week’s education rallies raise important questions about our K-12 education system. Despite years of growing frustration, little progress has been made. This is due, [...]
PERS Solutions Statement on Legislature’s Proposed PERS Reform Package
May 11, 2019 Contact: Tim Nesbitt, 503-780-8865 Statement Regarding the Legislature’s Proposed PERS Reform Package (SB 1049-1) We are encouraged that the Legislature is finally stepping up to address the [...]
Legislative leaders unveil a short term pension fix
The Oregonian By Ted Sickinger At the heart of Democratic leaders’ plan to rein in the costs of Oregon’s public pension system is an accounting ploy. It provides short-term cost [...]
Oregon Legislative Leaders Present New Plan For Tackling Big PERS Debt
By Jeff Mapes | OPB May 10, 2019 Oregon legislative leaders on Friday released their own plan for grappling with the financially troubled pension system for the state’s public employees [...]
Editorial: Legislature feels the heat over PERS
Albany Democrat Herald May 8, 2019 It remains one of the big questions stalking this legislative session, just as it has stalked previous sessions: What should the state do about [...]
New polling shows strong support for PERS reforms
MEDIA STATEMENT May 3, 2019 CONTACT: Tim Nesbitt, 503-780-8865 New polling shows strong support for PERS reforms New polling shows strong support for the PERS reforms proposed in ballot initiatives [...]
Our Opinion: Big move on PERS encouraging
Editorial | The Portland Tribune Consider this: The PERS unfunded liability has continued to grow despite a 10-year bull market on Wall Street, where much of the retirement money is invested. [...]
Our View: PERS plan smacks of class warfare
Editorial | The Daily Astorian The good news is Gov. Kate Brown finally has a plan for putting PERS on solid financial footing. The bad news is that it includes pushing [...]