Current News

Updates from Oregonians for Retirement Security

• Retiree Alert: Please read!
  
  
• Update from the PERS Board meeting
• Workers hit hard by Supreme Court Decision - August 16, 2005
• Lipscomb Heads-Up - April 18, 2005
• PERS Board Update - March 29, 2005
• "Oregon Supreme Court Protects Employees' Retirement: Overturns Governor and Legislature" - March 8, 2005
• Information on your IAP Account

Recent Press Clippings

• "PERS Window Retirees Lawsuit" The Statesman Journal - 1/28/06
• "PERS Proposal May Not Pay Off" The Statesman Journal - 10/18/05
• "PERS plan might ease impact on retirees"The Statesman Journal - 09/24/2005
• "PERS sets plan to recoup millions" The Oregonian - 09/24/2005
• "Retired public workers will get smaller checks" The Register-Guard - 09/24/2005
• "Retirees in PERS feel hurt, betrayed" The Register-Guard - August 13, 2005
• "High court rules PERS retirees must repay benefits" The Oregonian - August 12, 2005
• (plus audio) "Public Employees Lose in Latest PERS Ruling" Oregon Public Broadcasting (plus audio) - August 11, 2005
• "Workers wary of pension cuts, repayments" - Salem Statesman Journal - August 12, 2005
• "Employees lose PERS ruling" - Salem Statesman Journal - August 12, 2005
• (plus video) "PERS fund allocation case dismissed by OR Supreme Court" KATU News (plus video) - August 11, 2005
• "Poll respondents react to the PERS ruling" - Salem Statesman Journal POLL - August 12, 2005
• "Oregon Court Ruling Gives PERS a Little Stability" West Linn Tidings - March 23, 2005
• "Bill Exempts Injured Workers from Service-Break PERS Penalty" The Statesman Journal - March 21, 2005
• "A Supreme Solution for PERS" The Oregonian - March 9, 2005
• "Court Rejects some PERS Reform" Medford Mail Tribune - March 9, 2005
• "Court Upholds Most of PERS Overhaul" OPB News - March 8, 2005

Press Releases

• "Public Employees Retirement System On The Mend" - 4/15/2005
• "Court Protects Employees' Retirement" - 3/8/2005