By Chris Telfer Pamplin Media Group A recent opinion piece carried by Pamplin Media about public employee pensions ("Ballot measures would make PERS problems worse") misrepresents the purpose and effects [...]
Bend Bulletin Editorial Board Oregon lawmakers have made a serious stab at reforming the state’s Public Employees Retirement System for the first time since 2015. It remains to be seen [...]
By Ted Sickinger | The Oregonian/OregonLive Nine public employees filed suit Friday to overturn portions of a new law that trims future retirement benefits for employees to rein in escalating [...]
Editorial: Bend Bulletin July 28, 2019 While the 2019 Oregon Legislature did pass one law aimed at bringing reason to the state’s Public Employees Retirement System, that effort must not [...]
Beaverton Valley Times | Audio and Video included in article Two longtime experts in the PERS crisis, Allen Alley and Tim Nesbit, explain how the state got to where it [...]
Portland Business Journal By Christopher Bjorke Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill to reduce costs public employers pay into the state Public Employees Retirement System Tuesday. "The Governor expected [...]
by Tim Nesbitt | OregonLive With Senate Bill 1049, the Oregon Legislature delivered more relief than reform for the Public Employees Retirement System. Debt payments will be deferred more than [...]
Portland Tribune With Democrats holding a supermajority in the Oregon Legislature, the fact that PERS is being addressed at all is significant. Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, deserves recognition for forcing [...]
A Message from Executive Director Tim Nesbitt on the passage of Senate Bill 1049 The passage of SB 1049 will take some of the burden of crushing PERS costs off [...]
Willamette Week By Nigel Jaquiss SB 1049 includes extension of time for paying down the unfunded pension liability and contributions from public employees toward their pensions. The Oregon House this [...]
