Almost 6,000 government employees began receiving pension benefits last year from the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, according to a pension database maintained by The Oregonian/OregonLive.

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 ...

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 ...

After criticism that the Oregon Investment Council over-invested PERS in private equity, Treasurer Steiner is calling for a ...

PARTIAL DISCLOSURE: State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner (center), shown here at an August meeting of the Oregon Investment Council, said she was not allowed by law to reveal how much the PERS fund made ...

The change translates into $168 million in savings for districts across the state — money schools can now use for other needs. In a budget season rife with cuts and constraints, school districts have ...

Less than a year ago, Oregon’s former state treasurer pledged to make the state employee pension fund net zero by 2050. Now, the new state treasurer is seeking legislation to continue that work ...

Oregon would guarantee the state’s $101 billion public pension fund is fully carbon neutral within the next 25 years under a bill one step from becoming law. House Bill 2081, a bill to codify Oregon ...

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 ...

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 ...