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 bill to get the Oregon State Treasury to pause new pension investments in private assets and equity funds that are invested in fossil fuel companies received hundreds of letters of support this week ...

Nearly 300 people submitted testimony in support of the Pause Act to stop new Treasury investments in private fossil fuel funds Oregon Capital Chronicle is part of States Newsroom, a network of news ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon lawmakers passed a bill on Monday, directing the Oregon State Treasury to transition investments in the public employee retirement fund towards clean energy. House Bill ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner is calling on the Oregon legislature to pass a bill that directs the treasury to make “climate positive” investments in the Oregon ...

The Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS, building in Tigard, Ore., on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. (Bryan M. Vance / OPB) In a budget season rife with cuts and constraints, school districts ...

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 ...

At a recent public meeting about the financial health of OPERF, the $100 billion Oregon Public Employees Retirement System Fund, an activist criticized the Oregon State Treasury for losing money when ...