The Oregonian/OregonLive is in the midst of its annual update of the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System beneficiary database. Last week, we published an update that showed nearly 6,000 retirees ...

A recent letter, “Playing with dynamite” (March 27), suggested that Oregon Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) pensions could be damaged by falling Tesla (TSLA) stock prices. Look up the mix of ...

Less than a year ago, Oregon’s former state treasurer pledged to make the state employee pension fund net zero by 2050. Now, the new state treasurer is seeking legislation to continue that work ...

School districts, cities, counties and other public employers in Oregon have tried to ease the financial burden of the state’s retirement system for public employees. But PERS — the Public Employees ...

PERS benefits contribute to Oregon's economy Oregon PERS paid nearly $2.5 billion in benefits to PERS retirees living in Oregon in 2008. Funding of these benefits came primarily from investment ...

A fracking site in Greeley, Colorado, is pictured on June 24, 2020. About 10% of Oregon's Public Employees Retirement System fund is invested in so-called real assets, such as investments in ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon school districts are projected to pay $670 million more to the state’s public employee pension program over the next two years, potentially wiping out all increases to ...

If you get confused about Oregon’s Public Employees Retirement System — known as PERS — you are not alone. Even people paid to follow it can get lost in the complexity or, at least, joke about it. “I ...

WJTV 12 News talked to former state employees about the challenges they’ve seen facing the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS). Former Yazoo City ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi lawmakers are looking for ways to tackle billions in debt tied to the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS). On Thursday, they heard from the Alabama ...

Oregon would guarantee the state’s $101 billion public pension fund is fully carbon neutral within the next 25 years under a bill one step from becoming law. House Bill 2081, a bill to codify Oregon ...