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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Oregon Public Employee Retirement System issued its annual report this week, a holiday gift for people who like numbers and want to understand an arcane but important component of the state’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

At a recent public meeting about the financial health of OPERF, the $100 billion Oregon Public Employees Retirement System Fund, an activist criticized the Oregon State Treasury for losing money when ...