Former Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski is leading a new initiative drive that would ask voters to reduce some public employee retirement benefits to help reduce the costs of the financially troubled ...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has released her long-awaited plan to tackle the state’s financially troubled public pension system. The governor’s proposal, made public Friday, includes a long list of ideas ...

Dirk VanderHart / OPB On the campaign trail, Gov. Kate Brown and state Rep. Knute Buehler have settled into a predictable routine when asked about Oregon’s troubled public pension system, PERS.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's task force on paying down the state's big public pension debt is looking at presenting the state's 900 governmental agencies with a deal. If those agencies step up their ...

will be a top priority as he seeks to boost support for the state's ailing public schools. PERS reform, and measures to contain health care and other escalating costs, are necessary first steps in ...

When I read the amount of Mike Bellotti's PERS retirement pay, no question I gasped at the amounts paid to this one man for his job at the U of O, for twenty-one years work. It leaves no doubt that no ...

office Thursday concluding that Gov. John Kitzhaber's big money saving proposal to reform the public employee retirement system would be thrown out by the Oregon Supreme Court. The speaker's memo ...

Towns, school boards and agencies are scrambling to forestall more layoffs, furloughs and service cuts next year as they face a 45 percent spike in costs to bail out Gov. John Kitzhaber is pursuing ...

Gov. Kate Brown’s new proposal for taming Oregon’s voracious pension debt gives plenty for people to dig into. Her multipronged strategy, aimed at protecting K-12 school districts from skyrocketing ...