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| PERA gives solvency plan to panel |
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| November 03, 2009, Durango Herald by Joe Hanel |
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| "Legislators got their first chance Monday to hear the Public Employees Retirement Association present its multibillion-dollar rescue plan.
The plan calls for lower benefits for employees and increased payments into the system from both workers and the governments and school districts that employ them." |
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| More than 500 attend meeting on PERA |
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| August 25, 2009, Fort Collins Coloradoan, by Trevor Hughes |
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| "More than 500 current and former government employees packed Fort Collins' Lincoln Center on Monday evening to discuss their pension fund's $11 billion loss and how managers plan to deal with it." |
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| Kennedy discusses state of the Treasury |
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| August 21, 2009, Grand Junction Free Press |
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| "Kennedy, a Democrat, was in town as part of a listening tour designed to meet with members of the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association about legislative proposals.
Kennedy is a member of the PERA Board of Trustees by virtue of the position she holds in state government." |
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| Colorado PERA |
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| August 20, 2009, Durango Herald |
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| "Representatives of the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association were in Durango on Wednesday in one of eight "listening tours" the organization scheduled for August. After describing PERA's financial state and the options available for fixing it, the likelihood is that what they heard were largely moans and sobs, with perhaps an occasional angry outburst." |
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| PERA officials to visit Fort Morgan |
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| August 19, 2009, Fort Morgan Times |
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| "Senior executives and members of the board of trustees of the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) will visit Fort Morgan on Wednesday, Aug. 26." |
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| Health-care reform, budgets, PERA all under discussion in Northern Colorado |
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| August 19, 2009, Northern Colorado Business Report |
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| "Northern Colorado will be a hotbed for public policy discussion in the coming days, with visits from a senator, the governor and public pension representatives." |
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| PERA listing tour to be held today |
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| August 19, 2009, Durango Herald |
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| "The Public Employees Retirement Association is conducting listening tours and are scheduled to be in Durango from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio." |
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| Public employees meet to discuss questions about pension plan |
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| August 18, 2009, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel by Melinda Mawdsley |
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| "Faced with uncertainties about the future of their pension funds, hundreds of former and current state employees, school teachers and local government workers packed a hotel conference room Tuesday night for a meeting about the financial questions surrounding PERA." |
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| Pension officials to hold meeting |
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| August 14, 2009, Durango Herald by Staff |
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| "Public employees and retirees will have a chance Wednesday to share their thoughts about the state's troubled pension plan."
Officials from the Public Employees Retirement Association have scheduled a meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the DoubleTree Hotel's Mesa Verde/La Plata Rooms, 501 Camino del Rio in Durango. |
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| PERA takes solvency plan to its members |
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| August 13, 2009, Rocky Mountain Independent, by Charles Ashby |
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| "Like just about everything else in the nation, government workers’ pensions haven’t fared too well during the Great Recession. But unlike private plans, members of the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association do have some places to turn to address their long-term solvency issues." |
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 PERA must make changes for future |
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| August 12, 2009, Colorado Springs Fox News, by Christina Salvo |
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| "The Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) held its second listening tour stop in Colorado Springs Wednesday.
The Board of Trustees and executives told a full house of PERA members, retirees and employers that unless changes are made PERA will not be sustainable in the years to come." |
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| PERA webcast set this evening |
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| August 11, 2009, Pueblo Chieftain by Charles Ashby |
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| "State workers who want to learn more about what Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association plans are to remain solvent need to go no further than their own home computers tonight." |
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