/tags/pers PERS en-US Copyright Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:48:59 GMT /politics-government/2025-02-01/legislation-would-require-oregons-public-retirement-plans-to-prioritize-climate-goals-when-investing Less than a year ago, Oregon’s former state treasurer pledged to make the state employee pension fund net zero carbon by 2050. Now, the new state treasurer is seeking legislation to continue that work through careful investments. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:48:59 GMT /politics-government/2025-02-01/legislation-would-require-oregons-public-retirement-plans-to-prioritize-climate-goals-when-investing Monica Samayoa /education/2024-11-13/oregon-school-districts-employees-face-670-million-increase-in-payments-to-public-pension-system The increased costs to schools for the Public Employee Retirement System in the next two years will more than wipe out the governor’s proposed increases in school funding. Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:36:54 GMT /education/2024-11-13/oregon-school-districts-employees-face-670-million-increase-in-payments-to-public-pension-system Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-07/plan-to-make-oregons-retirement-fund-carbon-neutral-relies-on-industry-wall-street-doing-the-same Oregon’s nearly $94 billion public employee pension system could one day be carbon neutral, according to a new plan from the state Treasury. But getting there depends largely on whether corporation and private investment funds stick to their own commitments to do the same. Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:52:30 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-07/plan-to-make-oregons-retirement-fund-carbon-neutral-relies-on-industry-wall-street-doing-the-same Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-02-17/oregon-lawmakers-environmentalists-want-state-pension-fund-divested-of-fossil-fuels State Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, is among several Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups who want the Oregon Treasury to divest billions of dollars in fossil fuel holdings from the public employee retirement fund. Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:56:15 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-02-17/oregon-lawmakers-environmentalists-want-state-pension-fund-divested-of-fossil-fuels Alex Baumhardt /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-05-17/what-broke-pers-and-what-might-fix-it The name is only four letters long, but the issues with it can take volumes to explain. PERS, Oregon's Public Employee Retirement System, has billions of… Fri, 17 May 2019 16:25:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-05-17/what-broke-pers-and-what-might-fix-it The ɫèapp Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-09-03/getting-pers-money-out-of-war Much has been said about the big deficit in Oregon's public pension program, PERS. Now Stacy Bannerman has something new to say about it: PERS should get… Mon, 03 Sep 2018 17:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-09-03/getting-pers-money-out-of-war Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-03-27/how-oregon-pers-got-into-such-a-deep-hole One of the major issues with balancing the state budget in Oregon is the amount of money needed to make sure retired public workers get the pensions they… Mon, 27 Mar 2017 17:38:55 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-03-27/how-oregon-pers-got-into-such-a-deep-hole Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-05-20/the-legislative-view-of-oregons-supreme-court-pers-decision The potential impact of the Oregon Supreme Court's decision to stop the state from reforming the PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) benefits paid to… Wed, 20 May 2015 17:10:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-05-20/the-legislative-view-of-oregons-supreme-court-pers-decision Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-05-18/pers-decision-from-school-workers One decision from the Oregon Supreme Court will have a tremendous impact on state and local governments for years to come. The decision turned back a move… Mon, 18 May 2015 17:10:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-05-18/pers-decision-from-school-workers Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-05-18/pers-decision-from-school-boards This interview explores the flip side of the coin on the Oregon Supreme Court decision on PERS, the Public Employee Retirement System. The court decision… Mon, 18 May 2015 17:10:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-05-18/pers-decision-from-school-boards Geoffrey Riley