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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The proportion of Oregon’s public employee retirement fund invested in private equity funds is shrinking after mounting ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALEM — Thousands of Oregon public workers could see smaller retirement pots if lawmakers pass a slate of changes to the state’s retirement plan. About 176,000 people now working for state and local ...

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 ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The state Public Employees Retirement System has reported a more than threefold increase in the number of retirements in December 2009 compared with the past three Decembers - a ...