Tag: Pera
Colorado Legislature 2018: Shortfalls in a time of plenty
When lawmakers drive to Denver next week to convene the 2018 legislative session, they will see about a dozen cranes across the city’s skyline,...
Five things we learned when Colorado’s gubernatorial candidates got on the...
Nine Republicans and Democrats hoping to become Colorado’s next governor offered contrasting views Friday of the state’s public schools to an audience of more...
Retirees shoulder a $15 billion reduction in PERA liabilities
Executives are celebrating that Colorado’s state pension fund has reduced its enormous liabilities by $15 billion. Good news, right? Unless you’re a retiree, in...
Thunderdome 2015 : Media spotlight vs. election-politics ‘strategery’
“Thunderdome 2015” is The Colorado Independent's wrap-up series on the 2015 legislative season. For a series overview, check out “Thunderdome 2015: 120 days under the...
Second try $20M Denver Schools bill survives kill committee
In a near-overnight partisan flip-flop, the Senate State Affairs Committee voted 3-2 today to pass a second effort at adjusting the amount of money Denver...
Senate Republicans bury windfall $20M per year for Denver public schools
Denver public schools Wednesday afternoon lost $20 million a year that would have funneled directly into classrooms.
The windfall would have come without lawmakers passing...
#Coleg Notebook: Cyber-bullying prevention; paring down PERA
House supports digital bullying prevention bill
"Everyone hates you."
"You are fat, pathetic and you mean nothing."
"You should just go kill yourself."
"These kinds of comments cannot...
Markey challenges Treasurer Stapleton; Quick, Coffman vie to succeed Suthers
Two races on the ballot this year will decide key offices in Colorado: Republican Walker Stapleton is defending his office as state treasurer against...
Colorado officials clash on how to finance public employee retirement
Over the course of his first year in office, Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton has targeted the state's public-employee pension plan, known as PERA, underlining its billions of dollars in liabilities and arguing that it should be reworked to reduce the state's obligations in part by giving over money to contributors to invest themselves. He brought his case to the state's House Finance Committee on Thursday and predictably ran up against deep Democratic skepticism.
Under fire in Colo for lack of transparency, Stapleton in DC...
Progressive politics coalition Campaign for a Strong Colorado says state Treasurer Walker Stapleton should follow the advice he provided to the U.S. House Ways and Means committee this week when he argued in favor of the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act. "Greater transparency and better information is important for the fiscal health of our states and for our taxpayers," he said. Strong Colorado agreed and urged Stapleton to bring his point home to the taxpayers he serves by opening up his full current employment records so the Colorado public can see how he's earning his money and spending his time.